Petteri Pyyny
4 Jun 2004 15:07
Biometric vendor Veritouch that also supplies materials to the U.S. government, has together with Swedish design company Thinking Materials developed a wireless media player that uses biometric security.
The concept is based on media files that can be only played by a user that is authenticated with his/her fingerprint scan, thus extending the current DRM capabilities beyong device-based authentication. According to Veritouch, they have shown the prototype, dubbed as iVue, to the representatives of RIAA and MPAA already.
The possibilities of restricting user access to media files that he/she owns even further by using biometric authentication are rather horrifying. Want to play your brother's CD? Get him to your car first to authenticate the playback with his fingerprint..
Source: The Register