Abstract

The combined usage of smart cards and biometrics has gained in popularity over the last two years. While smart cards themselves may be highly secure, many smart card suppliers are acknowledging the advantage that biometrics can bring to their products by linking the card to the owner. Meanwhile, an advantage to the biometric industry is a privacy-friendly medium to carry its templates. A number of high profile applications have helped push the convergence of the technologies, but a remaining question is how far this convergence will actually go, with sensor-on-card products just around the corner?

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