Iris scan it looks practical except this method is extremely vulnerable to hackers. That can be a risk of strangers unlocking my phone and then accessing my data from an. Biometric data replacing passwords the first step in this direction was using a fingerprint to unlock the phone the best selling new phones like the samsung s. Eight and the i phone ten take things a step further. Instead of entering his pin number Roberto Wagner just told his samsung lets say in front of his face a built in infrared camera scans his irises the data are then compared with a recorded image of his iris and the smartphone is unlocked. I use the scanner a lot at first but i dont anymore because all i wanted to do was check the time and every time the phone would on lock itself obviously i wasnt. That is what was being impractical the ivory scanner in the sense that model is easy to outsmart as demonstrated by the hacker starbuck from germanys chaos computer club. He takes a photo of his eye with an infrared camera and prints out that image on special paper to create a three d. Effect he attaches a contact lens on to the paper then he just holds up the new image in front of the iris scanner and in the blink of an eye the security mechanism has been cracked. And. You might be in a cafe or on a train so you need literally a fraction of a second while the eye is open if you keep on filming the persons face with your camera eventually youll get a decent iris image that you can use. It uses a dot map for the face sighting over thirty thousand laser dots are projected on to the face which you can only see with an infrared camera a camera reads the map and comforts it into a three d. Model which is in turn matched against the key data stored beforehand. In addition an Artificial Intelligence algorithm is used to permanently register any changes in the face and modify the face idea accordingly you can now also use the set up to pay online. But the only phone technology isnt secure either as seen in videos on social media with twins unlocking each other smartphones. Plus children can access their parents i phone. Dont copy just on walked my phone with his face. Complete strangers can also have the i phone tense face i did function experts in vietnam plaintive trick the mechanism using the special now. Its not that easy to hack but on discovery is of critical importance for users in the security industry. Titians and executives. But theres another risk this is the records the users biometric data both manufacturers claim that this is encrypted and secure directly on the phone but the user has no control over what actually happens to it. Makers have different approaches to the processing of biometric data apple officials its customers that the data will remain on the device if they wish to this is not the case with microsoft and samsung they could later use their data for other purposes and if you study the terms and conditions that would be possible in the future. A further danger she says is that biometric information is more sensitive than other data. Cant be replaced like a phone number or address perhaps using the good old pin is the safer option for unlocking your phone after all. Shift says be ware of biometric identification. And now or shift ranking the most popular means of twenty seventy number five. T. V. Cartoon characters sponge bob. Every year google puts together a list of top names based on search data people use the sponge bob mean to make fun of childish behavior and even political leaders its a huge hit. Number for a skeptical looking dog wearing a cowboy hat its called what in tarnation that southern u. S. Slang for what the heck in this mean everyone or everything is wearing a cowboy hat. Number three. I mean that stars the Childrens Book character the elf on the shelf its inspired similar rhyming titles like frog on the dog and obama on the llama. Number two a meme that features United Airlines last year a passenger was forcibly removed from a united flight and the Web Community responded with some derisive memes a protective pillow helmet. A mouth guard. And at number one kashmir our side is teenager danielle dr goli insulting a t. V. Talk show audiotape. The remark went viral and helped launch danielles career as a rap artist. Her first single hit the billboard charts. Now that was ranking. And now. Digital autonomy Block Chain Technology is expected to transform our lives the same way the internet did artists are now hoping for new ways to market themselves and gain more independence theyre counting on digital communities. The slovenian d. J. Grammatic is the first musician in the world to rely completely on crypto currency. Whether its the production of his music concerts or tour videos he finances everything with blotting many hope that this new technology can help fund Cultural Enterprises here and see how they artists have gathered to talk about crowdfunding pioneer your highness he is convinced technology can change our society. With his technology each person each artist gets the chance to become more autonomous this restore some of the power citizens lost in the past years to large corporations and to technology itself. Through. Looking technology is what drives cryptocurrency is like. But it can do so much more usually. The Financial Transactions require an intermediary like banks or traders blotching lets two parties trade directly with each other its like open source bookkeeping decentralized automated and so far forgery proof this system fosters trust among participants. This principle can also help secure the value of artistic creativity. Everything for free mentality with the digital age has been costly for artists. Movie maker tony was convinced when he managed financing his first movie with glock chain alone. Chain is no different than accounting you write down what well i mean its huge and transparent schools and theres never just one call it saves his own across the globe so no one can destroy the records its. Blocked. Artists and their audience to plan a project. Cryptocurrency shares an audience can also buy tickets with tokens everybody who supports the project can monitor every single transaction. This kind of transparency is also hope to improve the protection of intellectual Property Rights currently there is no known way to manipulate any information stored in the block. I think in the future artists will become even more like entrepreneurs they already are to a certain degree they live precariously and take high risks and i think those are qualities that will become increasingly in the future. Self promotion some artists like d. J. Grammatic or tony karon are good at that. In their cases the new technology could really pay off its a way for new independent art to grow if the technology will actually become widely. Among users. As promising prospects. And now short and sweet the ship snapshot. You cant choose your relatives thats walked out of the park appears to be thinking. Now his little sister is also pouring away to attention on social media the resemblance between the siblings is one canny. Go to the big hopes to be as big as her big brother one day early days of being caught on camera and shes clearly got expensive tastes already. When its time to visit the vet a little brotherly support can come in handy. That was snapshot and now. More on the Digital World this is our Facebook Page digital for all the latest digital news. Interesting apps gadgets and helpful tutorials you can watch the ship reports there to. Follow us and tell us what you think. D. W. Digital. And as always we leave shift through the exit internet find of the week this time a journey through time and space x. Cooper a techno producer from belfast Northern Ireland likes to travel on high speed trains look out the window and see how the electrical wires seem to dance around outside its changed the way he views the world. Irish filmmaker Kevin Mclachlan has found images that capture this type of perception perfectly time and space seem to stretch and warp this edgy video with its driving beats shows the musicians and filmmakers are on their way to discovering the fourth dimension. Thats all for today on shift next time. Creating a computer game to solve one of afghanistans biggest problems opium growing and the drug trade thats the goal of some of the countrys first generation of female Software Programs a digital on drugs next time on shift. Hijacking the news. From the news being hijacked. The office become a script reality show its not just good versus evil us versus them. And why. In countries like russia china turkey. And if youre a journalist there and you try to get beyond this you are facing scare tactics. And i wonder is that where were headed is well. My responsibility as a journalist is to get beyond the smoke and mirrors its not just about being fearful or being neutral its about being truthful. Twentys. Yeah im beautiful ive heard it before and it never grows old. Im worship from my looks my sent my looks but heres the thing. Life starts with me. You see i feed. Every fruit comes from me. Everybody taito me every kernel of corn me every grain of rice me me me me i know but its true. And sometimes i feed their souls. I am their words when they have none i say i love you without a sound. Im sorry without a voice. I inspired the greatest stuff that painters cohens pattern makers ive been amused to them all. But in my experience people underestimate the power of a pretty little flower. Because their life does start with me. And it without me. This is g. W. News live from berlin the u. N. Cease fire and. Children