Here are the sources for my annotated bibliography on fingerprint biometrics.


http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/06/20/apples-fingerprint-sensor-encapsulation-tech-could-be-used-in-future-iphone
http://www.biometriccoe.gov/Modalities/fingerprint.htm
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/06/biometrics-national-id-passports-false-sense-security
http://www.stdot.com/pub/ffs_article_asten_akaseva.pdf
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1304.7386v1.pdf

Retina and iris scans, fingerprint and palm logins rely on possession of unique anatomical characteristics that you cannot forget as you might a password. But, Kenneth Revett of the British University in Egypt, in El-Sherouk City, reviews the state of the art in an alternative approach to user authentication in the inaugural issue of the International Journal of Cognitive Biometrics.