Talk Directly into the Credit Card Please

There's a reason identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes... it's relatively easy to do for people without any criminal expertese.  A discarded bank statement, a rejected credit card application, just knowing someone's mother's maiden names (how many relatives know yours?), by these little things identity theft is perpetrated.  Voice-related biometrics may be the answer.

Biometrics is often associated with retina scans and fingerprint locks, but voice-verification is in the works and would increase phone security (i.e. if someone tries to buy something over the phone using your credit card, but isn't using your voice, the purchase will fail).

More information on how the technology will work and when you can expect to see it at Business Week's May I See Your Voice, Please?

Comments

[Sharon Bunty]

You;re show is addictive and the one major influence in how our family looks @ our home security.Since WE view the show every night, we(ME)take every effort to make as many security checks as possible;HOWEVER if a visit and test of our home by your team(especially that devious and brilliant Jon Douglas Rainey was somehow possible, GREAT things could(I KNOW IMPROVE!!-HOWEVER,my spouse would, I believe-TAKE OUR FAMILIES SAFETY much more seriously......SOOOOOOO, if you're EVER in the neighborhood so wecould speak-(WE DO LIVE IN A SOMEWHAT secluded area,...perhaps I for one (and my husband ESPECIALLY would take OUR safety and home security more SERIOUSLY............perhaps someday something like a visit from your team could imprint and brand in my husbands BRAIN???? just hoe crucial our lack of home security is....not just to our home and personal belongins....but to MY and OUR personal family's safety ,including visits from our grandchildren .......before the 'BAD GUY;S'do try to hit us AGAIN!!!!!!
Thanks for a great show with fabulous safety tips.....in the meantime....wish us luck (and pray we don't get hit again!!!!!!!!So...if your nearby or in the neighborhood.....stop in,VISIT and maybe take a spin on OUR HOGS,or take a dip in our in ground Pool with a cold Coronal1111 Sincerely AND THANKS TO THE WHOLE CREW>>INCLUDING MATT ( CUTIE PIE) Sher Bunty

[Home Security News]

Uhh, I think you want the It Takes a Thief web site. :P Here's the link to apply to be on their show (you have to be near New York though):

http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/ittakesathief/apply/apply.html

[Cara Fletcher]

We should start to protect ourselves against identity crimes because sometimes the fault for the crime is ours.But the Voice-related biometrics maybe really the answer and we wouldn't bother anymore.