Your smartphone can be used for Fighting cybercrime
238 views · Published 20 December 2017 · 4:48 · Indexed 22 September 2026
Channel: Rajamanickam Antonimuthu · 2017 · Science & Technology
Like bullets fired from a gun, photos can be traced to individual smartphones, opening up new ways to prevent identity theft This cybersecurity advancement will be very useful for the people who are not comfortable with Face ID and other biometrics. A University at Buffalo-led team of researchers has discovered how to identify smartphones by examining just one photo taken by the device. The advancement opens the possibility of using smartphones — instead of body parts — as a form of identification to deter cybercrime. Like snowflakes, no two smartphones are the same. Each device, regardless of the manufacturer or make, can be identified through a pattern of microscopic imaging flaws that are present in every picture they take. It’s kind of like matching bullets to a gun. This new technology could become part of the authentication process — like PIN numbers and passwords — that customers complete at cash registers, ATMs and during online transactions. Image Credit: Douglas Levere. News Source: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2017/12/013.html
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