{"id":384,"date":"2011-05-16T15:01:35","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T15:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/?p=384"},"modified":"2012-03-19T02:49:01","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T02:49:01","slug":"tech-trends-computer-security-in-the-blink-of-an-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/tech-life\/tech-trends-computer-security-in-the-blink-of-an-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"TechTrends:  Computer Security in the blink of an eye!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_385\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-385\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/tech-life\/tech-trends-computer-security-in-the-blink-of-an-eye\/attachment\/eyelock\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-385\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-385\" title=\"EyeLock scanner from Hoyos \" src=\"http:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/eyelock-500x374.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/eyelock-500x374.png 500w, https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/eyelock-1024x767.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">EyeLock scanner from Hoyos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Approximately 10 million people were victims of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idtheftcenter.org\/index.html\">identity theft<\/a> last year, and a large majority of those crimes took place online.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We all know the importance of having strong online passwords (no birthdays please!) and changing those passwords often.\u00a0 But what if there was a way to have a virtually unhackable online account?\u00a0 Imagine that your bank account, Facebook page, Paypal, and any of your online accounts could be free from the threat of someone getting their hands on your personal information?\u00a0 Well that day will be here a lot sooner than you think!<\/p>\n<p>The Hoyos Group has introduced EyeLock, billed as the first and only portable iris-scanning device for consumers.\u00a0 It&#8217;s about the size of a business card, and seems to be extremely easy to use.\u00a0 It connects to your computer through a USB port, you load the software and pick the accounts you want to lock.\u00a0 A small hand-held wand scans your eye and presto!\u00a0 No need for passwords anymore!\u00a0 Everytime you log into one of your online accounts, the software creates a unique numerical\u00a0key that is different for each login, so there is no risk of hacking.\u00a0 And while fingerprints have about 18 different points that make them unique, your iris has about 2,000,\u00a0making it nearly impossible for\u00a0someone else to copy your eye.\u00a0 It\u00a0even works through your glasses!\u00a0 The EyeLock is coming soon and will retail for $99, a small price to pay for the comfort of security in a world where a large portion of our personal information can be found online.\u00a0 You can find more information about EyeLock <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoyos.com\/default.aspx\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Approximately 10 million people were victims of identity theft last year, and a large majority of those crimes took place online.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/tech-life\/tech-trends-computer-security-in-the-blink-of-an-eye\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,19],"tags":[53,56,55,54,3,6,28,4],"class_list":["entry","author-admin","has-more-link","post-384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-tech-life","category-techtrends","tag-computer-security","tag-eyelock","tag-horos-group","tag-iris-scanning","tag-lifestyle","tag-stephanie-humphrey","tag-tech-life-2","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":747,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions\/747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}