Smartphones have you pegged, and for better or worse they’ll soon ID you

An attendee demonstrates the Qualcomm Iris Authentication Solution on the Qualcomm Inc. stand on the third day of Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. A theme this year at the industry's annual get-together, which runs through March 2, is the Internet of Things. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

SAN FRANCISCO: The things that make human beings unique – fingerprints, irises, facial features – have become the preferred way to sign onto banking accounts online or other sensitive websites, the newest solution to the problem of hackable and forgettable passwords. 

But your fingerprints can be stolen, your photo replicated. Now cyber experts are looking at the next security step: cellphones and computers that actually recognise you from a variety of factors.