Consent is handled by requiring that consumers sign a one-page consent form after authentication but before signing.

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If you recall, we knew a year ago that Fujitsu was working on a tablet that could scan the palm as a form of authentication, but we've never actually seen a finished product, or even a functioning prototype.

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Will the taxi driver app providers be upgrading their apps to utilize some form of initial authentication to ensure that only drivers get access to passenger location information?

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Google wants to hand off its proposal to standards bodies in the hopes that some form of PKI-based token authentication will be widely adopted by everyone from browser manufacturers, to website owners to device makers.

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Those innocuous traits led investigators to initially believe the computer access from China using Bob's credentials was unauthorized -- and that some form of malware was sidestepping strong two-factor authentication that included a token RSA key fob under Bob's name.

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Initially, identity is critical as the phone becomes not only an additional form of identification but one that can triangulate with others to provide authentication.

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