Step can potentially replace multi-factor authentication for secure transactions.
Written by Anil Sasi , P Vaidyanathan Iyer | New Delhi | Published:February 19, 2016 1:53 am
Global technology companies such as Apple, Google and Microsoft have so far fobbed an attempt by the Government of India to let their proprietary software allow matching of a user’s fingerprint or iris scan as captured in the mobile instrument with his or her biometrics as stored in the Aadhaar database.
If allowed, this will let a smartphone user to electronically undertake myriad financial transactions. The biometrics on the phone can potentially replace multi-factor authentication for credit cards and other such secure transactions by offering two-factor authentication at the click of a button.
According to senior government officials, companies such as Apple, Google and Microsoft are acting as “gatekeepers” and are averse to allowing open API (application programme interface) that facilitates programmatic access to a proprietary software application.
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