Since there are so many security holes in web browsers, servers and operating systems, using biometrics to secure online transactions looks like overkill.

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This principle is the idea that the stuff that applications like web browsers do should reside in the end points of a network (the servers and end user devices such as PCs, smartphones, and pads) rather than in intermediary nodes such as routers and switches that are within the network.

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