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"To use the card, a cardholder places their finger on the sensor and a comparison is performed between the fingerprint and the previously enrolled fingerprint template securely stored in the card in order to authenticate the transaction. Green and red lights are integrated into the card to indicate a successful or unsuccessful match, according to the press release."

3D printer creates fingerprint designed lamp

Targeting specific devices (e.g., John Doe's cell phone [not "all iPhones"] in order to serve up better advertising. Article says these device fingerprinting technologies could eventually replace cookies. Vendors: BlueCava, 41st Parameter, and even Akamai.

Weekly 12.2

First "device fingerprinting" article to come along in a while.

Add music fingerprinting/audiotagging to any service

"Ian Heidt, director of product management for Qualcomm Labs, said the technology pulls in information from a variety of sensors on the phone, how consumers use the phone, including the camera, and location to create a unique fingerprint. "In early trials in Japan, we've seen improvement on targeting," he said. "It shows how mobile and content change the behavior of consumers." Trials conducted by Blogwatcher in Japan found that consumers were three times more likely to click through and respond to WITYU notifications and offers as compared with non-contextualized and non-personalized offers. Click-through rates rose by more than 60% when specials and offers were delivered to consumers."

"Zeebox does not sell any advertising itself; instead, its network partners work with agencies and advertisers to sell second-screen ads and Zeebox takes a cut. For now, the Zeebox app works only with live TV -- not DVR content. The app identifies live TV programming using a combination of video fingerprinting, audio content recognition and closed-captioning information."

Biometrics application for iphone: the Fingerprint Mobile Identification Device "FMID" reader series for smart phone.

Weekly - device fingerprinting

world's first contactless, biometric credit card.

I wonder if device fingerprinting is behind this on some level. Suuuucks when the government is behind it.

Google is going to start using device fingerprinting.