Complete the text with the clauses in the box.
when they are used worldwide • when we get to the end of 2015 • where it has really taken off •
which are much more difficult to duplicate or steal • which refers to metrics related to human characteristics •
which was launched with a new device recently • which will recognise face shape, irises, heartbeats •
who are already using biometrics • who are now offering biometric logon services • who is a government employee •
who is a professor in biometrics
Passwords versus biometrics
We all know it’s easy to forget passwords because we have so many of them, but we can’t forget body parts,
1 . Biometrics is really taking off. Biometrics,
2 , is used in computer science as a form of identification and access
control. Biometric security relies on who you are rather than what you can remember. Will Paine,
3 , working for the US government, says that we will soon stop using
passwords to access our phones. And Tom Keats, 4 , at one of the
country’s leading universities, adds that the password system can be easily broken. He goes on to say that in the future, digital
readings of anatomical features, 5 , will be much more reliable than
passwords.
Different companies, 6 , allow customers access through fingerprints,
voice or using their faces. A fingerprint authentication, 7 , has been
very successful.
Some devices, 8 and even brainwave patterns, will soon be very
popular. In fact, many people, 9 , only have to line up their face in a
window on the screen and within seconds they are logged in.
People are using biometrics in the USA, 10 more than anywhere else
in the world. And it is predicted that biometrics, 11 , will be used by