Fujitsu will replace passwords and keycards with palm scanning

Fujitsu announced that it would replace employee passwords and smartcards with a new authentication measure: Their palm veins. The company will deploy its palm vein authentication technology to about 80,000 employees in Japan this year, allowing them to access their virtual desktops with a wave of their hand.

Fujitsu is not the first company to roll out biometric authentication to employees. In July 2017, Three Square Market became the first US company to offer implanted hand microchips to all employees, replacing ID badges and allowing users to open doors, log in to computers, and make purchases in the break room.

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