Risks of touch-screen technology

Digital technologies have made people's life easy. But some of them are emerging as a threat to people's security. Apple is reportedly going to introduce touch ID application which will identify subscriber's fingerprint to unlock phone. Each person's fingerprint is unique and fingerprints do not change with time. There is no other identification sign more reliable than fingerprints. But digital critics are much concerned about the use of fingerprint on touch phone to unlock because this unique identification mark may be hacked by criminals via Internet to get access to individual bank accounts, health documents, etc., plus government's confidential documents.
Professor M Zahidul Haque
Dean, Faculty of Agriculture
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
Dhaka