biometry
The digital gap or the digital divide is how the distance between people with access and the ability to make use of new technologies (discussion mainly focussed on ICT-related ‘gaps’) is often called. The discussion about haves and have-nots and the distance separating them requires one to look at technology in both ways: at its potential of widening as well as that of helping to bridge the gap.
In this respect, an example of the latter might be the United Bank of India’s initiative to switch to biometric, fingerprint-based ATM’s . Increased security is not the main driver for the change, extending access to the bank’s services to the millions of illiterate people in rural areas is.
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