1. An electronic device comprising: at least one sensor for detecting orientation of the electronic device by the user relative to the ground; a digital camera controlled by a microprocessor such that the digital camera is in either in an on or off state; and wherein the microprocessor executes the steps of: detecting the at least one sensor in a predetermined orientation; starting a biometric security application running on the electronic device based upon the detection of the predetermined orientation; activating the digital camera from an off to an on state based upon the detection of the predetermined orientation; utilizing biometric information from the digital camera to provide first authentication credentials to the biometric security application; deciding, by the biometric security application, between using a cloud based database and a local database for matching the first authentication credentials determining, by the biometric security application, whether a user is an authenticated user by comparing the first authentication credentials to those stored in the cloud based database accessed using the Internet or the local database based upon the decision; utilizing a secondary authentication credentials, different from the first authentication credentials, on the electronic device when the user is not authenticated using the first authentication credentials; and providing a user access to the electronic device if the biometric security application determines the user is an authenticated user, wherein cloud based means using multiple server computers via a digital network as though they were one computer.