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In an era filled with constant technological innovation, and a world of hype and expectations, th... more In an era filled with constant technological innovation, and a world of hype and expectations, the media plays a strong role in framing how future technologies are depicted to the public. The invention of the modern smartphone alongside 'mobile internet' and big data revolutions has changed the way society functions, in terms of communications, connectedness, as well as providing a platform for many industries to blossom. Is biometrics one of them? Coming from a strong criminality discourse of forensics and government databases, this thesis questions whether the modern day smartphone can be a vector to transform the biometric discourse away from its sociohistorical past, to a more casual, day-to-day discourse. By analyzing the differences in identification and verification this thesis asks whether Apple's Touch ID has paved the path for biometrics to replace the password as an authentication system, and questions the privacy and security issues of whether both identifica...
In an era filled with constant technological innovation, and a world of hype and expectations, th... more In an era filled with constant technological innovation, and a world of hype and expectations, the media plays a strong role in framing how future technologies are depicted to the public. The invention of the modern smartphone alongside 'mobile internet' and big data revolutions has changed the way society functions, in terms of communications, connectedness, as well as providing a platform for many industries to blossom. Is biometrics one of them? Coming from a strong criminality discourse of forensics and government databases, this thesis questions whether the modern day smartphone can be a vector to transform the biometric discourse away from its sociohistorical past, to a more casual, day-to-day discourse. By analyzing the differences in identification and verification this thesis asks whether Apple's Touch ID has paved the path for biometrics to replace the password as an authentication system, and questions the privacy and security issues of whether both identifica...