 TITLE: How Can Biometrics Protect Your Identity? CONTENT: Where You Might Find Biometric Features\n---------------------------------------\nAs any fan of police procedurals knows, using a fingerprint or other physical characteristic to verify an identity is nothing new, but its presence as a security feature in consumer and professional electronics has taken off in recent years.\nNewer iPhones and Android cellphones use fingerprint and face identification features as a replacement for passwords. Workers in factories, plants and some offices may have encountered fingerprint authorization being used on the time clocks they use to punch in and out. If you've flown recently, you may have noticed Clear kiosks, which use biometric technology to get you through airport security lines more quickly by verifying your identity using face and fingerprint scanners.\nAs more companies step up to improve the privacy of user data, and as more consumers become aware of security risks they help prevent, biometric technologies look like they will become increasingly prevalent. In 2017, a study showed that fingerprint scanning was the most popular form of biometric authorization, followed by facial recognition. Voice recognition is popular for applications that involve remote authorization, like verifying your account details over the phone with your bank. END