There are a number of password vaults on the market that aim to keep your passwords secure, locked behind one single master password that can let you into all your accounts and profiles. While this is a good way to keep your information safe, you could, potentially, still be caught out by a keylogger.
But what if your accounts could only be unlocked by using a physical part of your body? The iris of your eye is unique to you, and it’s by scanning your eye that the company EyeLock aims to keep your passwords secure. Its mouse-sized device, Myris, can perform a quick eye-scan to verify your identity before letting you in.
Connecting to your computer via USB, it scans your eye at a rate of 20 frames per second, looking at over 240 points on the iris to generate a 2048-bit signature unique to each user. To get into your accounts, which are linked via an application, you need to physically scan your eye — photos and videos will not work. And, although there’s a chance you can get a false match, it’s very slim — just one in 2.25 trillion. According to EyeLock, only DNA is more accurate.
This means that you could set highly complicated passwords for your internet banking, VPNs, email, shopping websites and social networks and not have to worry about remembering them.
“Usernames and passwords will soon be a thing of the past, and EyeLock’s introduction of Myris brings us one step closer,” said EyeLock chief marketing officerAnthony Antolino. “People are required to remember dozens of passwords in an effort to secure their data, while organisations and individuals are in a constant struggle to keep their digital, social and financial transactions safe from compromise, breach and theft. Until service providers take the step to eliminate usernames and passwords, Myris enables users to set passwords as complex as they’d like and forget them once linked to the device.”
Myris will be made available globally later this year, although a definite release date and pricing are yet to be announced.
On of my ideas while starting this blog is to share what I know and find out information people may want to know and share.
As I was looking at the subjects I shared with I seem to have spent less time on Education.
I have only 89 posts under this heading.
I have shared information on some areas including the Courses available for the students in India, studying Std X and XII.
I was asked by a reader to share some information, keeping in view the job opportunities.
Not that people may not find it in the Web.
But I am planning to address this issue with a series of articles ,where the focus will be on Course that would open the doors of employment, with out too much of stress.
I have been seeing the ADOBE in my PC quite often.
As I am an ignoramus on any thing related to Computers and IT, i asked my son who is a Software Professional.
He informed me that ADOBE is one that would help one to be creative and help in multimedia.
Adobe was founded in December 1982[2] by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, who established the company after leaving Xerox PARC in order to develop and sell the PostScript page description language. In 1985, Apple Computer licensed PostScript for use in its LaserWriter printers, which helped spark the desktop publishing revolution. The company name Adobe comes from Adobe Creek in Los Altos, California, which ran behind the houses of both of the company’s founders.[2] Adobe acquired its former competitor, Macromedia, in December 2005, which added newer software products and platforms such as ColdFusion, Dreamweaver, Flash and Flex to its product portfolio.
As of 2010, Adobe Systems has 9,117 employees,[2] about 40% of whom work in San Jose. Adobe also has major development operations inWaltham, Massachusetts; New York City, New York; Orlando, Florida; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Lehi, Utah; Seattle, Washington; San Francisco andSan Luis Obispo, California in the United States; Ottawa, Canada; Hamburg, Germany; Noida and Bangalore, India; Bucharest, Romania; Basel, Switzerland; and Beijing, China…
Product Range.
Desktop softwareAdobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Soundbooth, Adobe Acrobat and Adobe AuditionServer softwareAdobe ColdFusion, Adobe Content Server and Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite, Adobe BlazeDSFormatsPortable Document Format (PDF), PDF’s predecessor PostScript, ActionScript, Shockwave Flash (SWF) and Flash Video (FLV)Web-hosted servicesAdobe Kuler, Photoshop Express, and Acrobat.comWeb design programsAdobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Contribute, Adobe Muse, Adobe Flash Builder, Adobe Flash Catalyst, Adobe Flash, and Adobe EdgeVideo editing and visual effectsAdobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Prelude, and Adobe SpeedGradeeLearning softwareAdobe CaptivateOrganizational softwareAdobe Extension Manager and Adobe After EffectsWeb content management SoftwareAdobe Web Experience Management (WEM)Digital Advertising Optimization SoftwareAdobe Media Optimizer (AMO)(wiki)
ADOBE Prices are higher than its competitors.
But the product enjoys Major market share and has won awards for its Business practices a number of times and the product performs well, well reasonably.
ADOBE professionals have a good demand in the market.
How does one get certified ?
There are many organisations doing this.
ExamTrace offers help in preparing for ADOBE Certification, by offering tutorials and exam preparation services.
This site also offers service in other IT areas as well.
We used to yawn at the minimum and sleep at the maximum in Sales Conferences/Seminars.
I used to sleep even on the dais.
That’s as good as they are, these Conferences.
Conferences, sponsored by the Companies are, in General, to show expenses and write off for tax purposes for the Corporate and a free meal and time away from work for Executives.
This is what I have found in most of my Corporate Lectures.
Now come to the flip side of it.
The present generation seems to have found a novel method of Fighting Conferences and Seminars.
Toilet Queue Tech Conference.And here’s one from what looks to be the 2012 WWCD:And here’s a shot of the 2011 TechEd conference. (Per the photographer, Kasia Lorenc, “Only at TechEd is there a line to the men’s room and NOT the woman’s room.”)
But on a Global scale India ranks at the lowest in The Wold.
Divorce Statistics.
Statistics shows that only 1 out of 100 Indian marriages end up to a divorce which is quite low in comparison to America’s 50% of marriages turning into breakups.
The divorce rate in Indian villages is even lower in comparison to urban India.
The following figures will help you to get an idea about the divorce rate in India with respect to global divorce rate.
The rate of divorce in India was even low in the previous decade, where only 7.40 marriages out of 1,000 marriages were annulled.
However,Divorce rates in India are increasing.
“The past one year has witnessed 43,000 divorces across the country. However, owing to the awareness relating to men’s rights nationwide, the number of divorce by mutual consent has also gone up. Today, statistics shows 60 per cent of the divorces is by mutual consent.
Among states with the highest number of divorces, Maharashtra topped the list in the past year, accounting for nearly 20,000 cases, with Mumbai and Pune alone accounting for 15,000 of them, while the remaining were reported from Nashik, Aurangabad and Nagpur
Divorce statistics indicate that in the last couple of decades, the number of married persons in the U.S. has significantly dropped down. The percentage of married people in U.S. was lower than 60% in 2002 compared to 72% in 1970. The reason for the failure for 80% of the marriages is “irreconcilable differences” among couples. The chances of the first marriage ending in a divorce vary. According to the divorce statistics, 20% of first marriages fail after 5 years, 33% after 10 years whereas 43% end in divorce after 15 years.
Divorce rates in The IT sector are higher as compared to other sectors.
Lawyers say that lifestyle change is one of the primary reasons for marriages ending in divorce.
Around five years ago, the ratio was one divorce per 1,000 marriages in India , and today statistics indicate that there are 13 divorces for every 1,000 marriage.
The main reasons attributed to the break-up of marriages in India today are related to equal income between sexes and the high stress levels.
The maximum number of divorces is among call centre employees, medical professionals and those in the technology sector.
I had already discussed the work pressure/Culture in The IT industry contributing to Stress, strained relationships and Divorce
Now the process has been hastened by the introduction of IT.
Till the advent of IT, though the joint Family system was breaking up, the custom of the sons staying with his parents was continued.
But after both the husband and wife have started earning from IT and Call Centers this practice changed.
Now the habit of the wife’s parents staying in the daughter’s Home is increasing while the parents of the Boy live separately
A case in which a Husband murdered his wife for constantly harassing him to live separately, in Bangalore last year!
Though the Husbands declare they are ‘fast’ in Lifestyle, they are unable to come to terms with their spouses mixing freely with the other Sex in their Profession, though they may deny it.
I have cases reported to me by the Husbands themselves!
The value changes are difficult to adjust and it takes time.
This is a high pressure point.
Recognition and promotions in the IT Industry is related to performance(It is more pronounced in the IT sector).
The Indian Male Psyche is not ready to absorb or adjust with it.
In fact this is a global phenomenon, though it is illogical.
Another issue is balancing Home and Work, especially for women.
The issue becomes complex with the arrival of a Baby.
How does one handle these issues?
“The pressures of the modern workplace has made a bigger difference in the lifestyle of techies.
India still has one of the lowest divorce rates in the world, with about one in 1,000 marriages collapsing, according to recent studies.
But the courts are now seeing so many new cases that the government has proposed making divorce easier and faster, in line with other countries.
“There has been a huge change, a drastic change and divorce rates are increasing,” Dr Geetanjali Sharma, a marriage counsellor working in Gurgaon, a wealthy Delhi satellite city, told the BBC.
“There’s been a 100 percent increase in divorce rates in the past five years alone.They don’t want to put more efforts into a relationship to fix the issues.”
Most of those splitting up are members of India’s thriving, urban middle class whose lives have been transformed by India’s boom, and whose aspirations are radically different to those of their parents and grandparents….
The pressures of the modern workplace make a bigger difference, she thinks, than whether it was a traditional arranged marriage, or a so-called “love marriage”.
The divorce rates in Kerala are going up. In 2009-10, the number of divorce cases numbered 11,600, with the majority being from the IT industry.
“The situation is disturbing,” says Rajiv Menon (name changed), a senior legal practitioner, who works at the Family Court, Kochi. “Most couples who work in the IT industry break up within two to three years of marriage.” Rajiv puts it down to the odd working hours, usually at night, the high stress of the job, and an egoistic attitude.
“The spouses adopt an attitude of superiority to each other,” he says. “There is also a lack of communication which causes many misunderstandings.”
Meanwhile, Antony gives other reasons.
“When they first join the industry, youngsters get swayed by the high incomes,” says Antony. “Many of them take to drinks, drugs, late night parties and watching porn on the internet.” Inevitably, the youngsters lose their equilibrium. “There is a widespread prevalence of pre-marital sex,” says Antony. “They have been influenced by the serials on TV which glorify pre- and extra-marital sex in order to garner good ratings.”
IT professionals in troubled marriages are hacking into their spouse’s email account for proof of extramarital affair or salary, say lawyers and cyber experts.
Cyber experts say a growing number of cases have come to light where couples are hacking into each other’s email accounts to collect evidence for divorce. And some are going a step further by fabricating electronic evidence for early separation reports NDTV
Lawyers also claim that couples on the verge of separation are increasingly resorting to hacking techniques to score on each other.
“No good lawyer would advise the litigants to hack into each other’s accounts, but we are coming across many litigants who come to us already in possession of sheets of conversation wherein it becomes clear that the other person is having a relationship outside of marriage that goes beyond mere friendship,” said Advocate Ajit Kulkarni.
According to lawyers in the city, 30 percent of all divorces that happen in the city every year are among couples working in the IT sector, and 50 percent of them use hacking techniques to collect electronic evidence against each other.”
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