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April 2019 - Edition 43
With enormous improvements in new contactless authentication and screening
methods being faster, more secure,
secure , and in a Post COVID-19 World, safer for users in-
dustry experts believe ‘no
‘ no contact’ technologies will be the clear trend of the future.
future .
gies are slightly more secure
and marginally more healthy
Standard card reader technolo- than card technologies in many
gies continue to be a mainstay cases.
in the foreseeable future but
smart phone and biometrics Card technologies are improv-
based authentication readers ing for hygiene concerns.
will be more common as their Biometric devices that require
technology cost comes down, touch will lose some favor as
and as reliability, security and facial recognition readers, hand
geometry wave readers and oth-
wide acceptance increases.
er new contactless technologies
Smartphone based technolo- gain a larger share of the work.
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Conclusions