The New York Times reports on Apple’s release of two new iPhones Tuesday, including a model with a fingerprint sensor that can be used instead of a passcode. In response to privacy concerns, Apple says user fingerprints will only be stored on the phone and will not be shared with app developers. The release is symbolic of a number of new on-the-market devices that use biometric authentication tools. A new wristband, Nymi, contains a voltmeter to read heartbeats. “You put it on. It knows it’s you. It communicates that identity securely to everything around you,” said the wristband’s creator. The biometric devices come on the heels of the recent discovery that even a 55-character password could be broken. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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