Yesterday, I read a news article that was saying that around 4.9 million Gmail accounts have been compromised. According to the report, the data has been compromised from websites where a user used his Google account to signup. That reminded me to have robust security system for our online account.

Few months back, I think in Feb’14, I found a patent application filed by Sony that is about website security. The patent application’s features are mentioned in the link I have provided below. Just read that and you will know that the tech is really impressive.

What is perplexing for me is that the patent was filed in 2011 and it get published in USPTO in Mar-2013, but still it has not been implemented anywhere.

Similarly, another patent application of Sony mentions about expression and gesture based security system. It alleviates the need of remembering a password again. It is combining facial recognition, voice recognition, facial expressions, gestures, and IR sensing.

In short, I can say that you can login into your computer or can enter into your office by smiling in front of the camera. Here is the link to that post –

http://greybmusings.wordpress.com/2014/06/03/sony-forget-passwords-and-now-smile-to-unlock-your-smartphone/ http://greybmusings.wordpress.com/2014/05/20/sony-access-your-email-account-without-entering-your-password/

P.S. -> the content of the links is written by me after studying the patent. I tried to avoid jargons so that a less tech savvy person can get what is the main theme of the post. Spill the beans and share your thought on comment box.