... to sensitive or personal data. By replacing PINs, biometric technology can potentially prevent unauthorized access to or fraudulent use of ATMs, cellular phones, smart cards, desktop PCs, workstations, and computer networks. PINs and passwords may be forgotten, and token based methods of identification like passports and driver's licenses may be forged, stolen, or lost. Thus biometric systems of identification are ... world. There are larger social and technological forces that have caused this. If a single advancement had to be blamed for the erosion of anonymity it would have to be the...

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... their meta tags have also raised a new issue of trademarks appearing in keyword identifiers. Meta tags are used in keyword searches by most of the internet search engines. ECommerce and computer programmes The law relating to computer programs has been forced to change due to pressures from "market" forces, albeit very slowly. The conventional distinction between patents and copyright in relation to ... computer programs can be blurred. Whilst copyright protects forms of expression, patents can protect the ideas behind an expression. Security Security is one of the most pressing areas f...

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