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cover of episode John Whaley, Founder and CEO of UnifyID, discusses the future of biometric authentication and how to prepare for a world beyond passwords

John Whaley, Founder and CEO of UnifyID, discusses the future of biometric authentication and how to prepare for a world beyond passwords

2021/7/18
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AI and the Future of Work

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John Whaley) has been programming since age five. He has been a lecturer at Stanford in Computer Science, a founding CTO, and a founding CEO. John raised a large series A in 2017 and has sold two companies. Oh, and he's out to save the world from passwords. UnifyID is a pioneer in the use of biometric data stored on mobile devices to authenticate users.Listen and learn...

  • How John's personal journey led to the founding and successful acquisition of UnifyID by Prove.
  • About the ethical implications of giving Big Tech access to your biometric data.
  • Why "being yourself should provide enough information to uniquely identify you."
  • What John means when he says "data isn't the new oil... it's the new kryptonite."
  • John's bold prediction for when passwords will no longer be the predominant form of authentication (spoiler alert: it's sooner than you think).

Thanks to Vinay Prabhu) for the introduction to John.