fingerprint scanners

What can this device replace?

Biometric systems are basically used to maintain a password system in an organization in order to keep individual identities secured. These devices are only able to detect a person’s information that is available in the device. Even though they are little expensive to install, it is worth it to have it since no one will be able to provide a person’s fingerprint and also it’s a very high secured technology that will help a person to be protected all the time. The information cannot be duplicated or reproduced by another and it will regulate identity theft. These emerging new technologies replace identification methods used, such as smart cards, magnetic stripe cards, photo ID cards, physical, and many more. These pieces can be lost, stolen, duplicated, or left at home. Passwords can be forgotten, shared, or observed. However biological properties cannot be duplicated nor shared. Besides, in today’s fast growing technology world people need to remember a lot of passwords and personal identification numbers (PINs) for computer accounts, bank ATMs, e-mail accounts, wireless phones, web sites, and so forth. Biometrics devices are fast, easy-to-use, accurate, reliable, and fingerprint scanners as oppose to the other biometric devices are very simple to use. For instance, an iris recognition system would involve a learning curve before one learns how to use it, as oppose to the fingerprint scanner which is an easier and more proficient password system.

sources
http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/systems/biometrics.htm
http://www.zvetcobiometrics.com/Support/biometrics_101/biometric_convenience.html