Convenience and security combine to enable access to the service by authorised
users and prevent non-authorised access. There is no need to remember passwords,
no need to have a password policy and no risk of password loss. The result is a
reduction in error and fraud through stronger confidence in the authenticity of
official documents like passports and driving licences. The process is also a lot
more efficient because of its very simplicity. This, in a few words, is what
biometric technologies are supposed to bring to the processes of identification and
authentication in the future...