Biometric payment systems coming to mobiles - in Japan

To further affirm their gadget supremacy, Japanese company RDK is announcing a biometrics-based system to enable PDA
and cellphone users to make online payments using fingerprint, voice and iris authentication. Incidentally, RDK is also planning to launch a biometrics-based online settlement business. Of course, this whole premise rests on the idea that people will be happy selling their unique physical characteristics to a company, and that the company will then act responsibly once they own it. Then again, it's Japan — it could happen.