Canon Iris Watermark Patent

Slashdot is reporting on a patent filing by Canon for a process where the viewfinder takes an image of your iris to use as a biological watermark. Sweet.

Read it (here).

Comments 4

  1. Nick The Click wrote:

    So much for shooting from the hip.

    Posted 13 Feb 2008 at 8:59 am
  2. Dmorton wrote:

    Yeah Ive seen this trend for photographers not looking through the viewfinder and using chest, side and hip shots. And its kinda scary from another point of view, can see governments finding ways to spy on us and obtain personal info with the technology.

    Posted 13 Feb 2008 at 9:24 am
  3. Chris wrote:

    Sheesh, read the linked articles before making silly comments. IMHO, it sounds interesting.

    Posted 13 Feb 2008 at 10:33 am
  4. Dmorton wrote:

    Oh I read them alright.

    Posted 13 Feb 2008 at 11:08 am

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