19 October 2014

Voiceprints Being Harvested by the Millions

LONDON — Oct 13, 2014, 3:10 PM ET
By RAPHAEL SATTER Associated Press

Over the telephone, in jail and online, a new digital bounty is being harvested: the human voice.

Businesses and governments around the world increasingly are turning to voice biometrics, or voiceprints, to pay pensions, collect taxes, track criminals and replace passwords.

"We sometimes call it the invisible biometric," said Mike Goldgof, an executive at Madrid-based AGNITiO, one of about 10 leading companies in the field.

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