(せいたいにんしょう)

せいたいにんしょう
noun
biometric authentication
technicaltechnology
1. biometric authentication; biometrics
Verifying someone's identity from a physical feature such as a fingerprint, face, iris, or vein pattern, instead of from a password or card.
生体認証(せいたいにんしょう)ログインする
To log in with biometric authentication.
This bank's app supports biometric authentication.
Biometric authentication using fingerprints or faces is safer than passwords, but it has the problem that the information cannot be changed once it leaks.

Formed from 生体(せいたい) (living body) + 認証(にんしょう) (authentication). Standard on smartphones and banking apps, and increasingly at airports and office entrances.

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