1. A method of doing business comprising the steps of: distorting a digital representation of one or more biometrics of a user to create a distorted biometric using one or more transformations, at least one of the transformations comprising one or more non-invertible functions; and comparing, in response to a transaction, the distorted biometric with one or more stored distorted biometrics, so that the distorted biometric represents a user without revealing the digital representation of the one or more biometrics.