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The challenge of authenticating real humans in a digital world

  • Written by Jungwoo Ryoo, Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Altoona campus, Pennsylvania State University
imageIs this the future of human identity?Luke James Ritchie/Shutterstock.com

Proving identity is a routine part of modern daily life. Many people must show a driver’s license to buy alcohol at a store, flash an ID card to security guards at work, enter passwords and passcodes to retrieve email and other private information, and answer security...

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