Selling software that logs in users based on face recognition?

Question

So I am thinking if it's a good business idea to develop and shop to banks/casinos/governments a software system that:

* Authenticates users based on voice/face biometrics.
* The face recognition will be used as an additional layer of security - people will still
use usual password/username + challenge question.

The idea is the bio recognition to substitute traditional 'hardcore' measures that have
some known flaws (token can be lost/damaged/sniffed), TAC can be captured/"shouldersurffed".

In addition I will develop other features, such as;
* Virtual keyboard (most US banks do not use virtual keyboard, let alone forex, casino
websites)
* Challenge question that it's harder to guess (not like mother maiden name or your college,
but rather - favourite hobby, city you spend your honeymoon in, etc.).
* Sophisticated alerts - when a user logs in from a new ip or when the ssl uses weak
encryption or when user changes contact information - the admin + user will receive
email/sms.
* Password + username will be stored in sha512 + salt to greatly decrease decryption.
*.net used against BF, tested vs xss, stored procedure against sql inj., etc. etc.

So anyway - do you think anyone will be interested?? Or rich webowners will simply decide to
pay some skilled indian guy $500 to develop such system whenever they need it? ALso what
price if any will be OK - $500, $5000?

10x for readin!

Answer 1

Well it is being done but if you've ever done any work in artificial intelligence you would realize how incredibly difficult face recognition is and how easily subverted it would be. It would be easier and more reliable to identify people by RF signature consisting of the RFID's in your credit cards, in your money, the RFID's left by the store in your shoes, your clothes and by the bluetooth of your cell phone (sort've of a Space 1999 commlock authentication system). The recognition by cell phone blue tooth pairing has already been done too. The leftover RFID has probably been done but being kept and used secretly. The virtual sessions that follows the user around was the AT&T thin client project in the mid 90's that produced VNC and Sun expanded to their blade products using a SIM like card to identify the user, Sun actually decentralized their offices to satellite offices and hotel'd workstations with that technology but not very many customers bought into their total work environment makeover concept.



On Star Trek The Next Generation, you would often see La Forge step onto the bridge, walk up to the engineering session and say "Computer, transfer session from Engineering.". That was inspired by the session following ability of VNC developed for the AT&T thin client project. VNC is widely used with Linux. Basically you're twenty years late on the advantages of ubiquitous computing and about twenty years early on the sophistication of artificial intelligence.



In other words, been done, flopped commercially and you'll have to fight Oracle for the patent rights. It'll be a few more years before they can get the costs down and integrated.

Answer 2

For a bank security system, prices wouldn't be lower the 25000 WITH the cheapest technoligy, time spent + mechanics/engineers/bio-engineers, building costs, maintenance cost, your looking for one hell of an investment.

However, it is a very interesting idea, keep working on it and something will happen

Answer 3

You're too late. Facial recognition software already exists and is being used.



If you just have an idea, no one is interested anyway. You need to have a finished program to sell. SO if you think your ideas are good, go ahead and create your program.

Answer 4

i would be interested in this. just make sure there is a backup plan in case something happens to the person's face or body.