Published May 3, 2016 This content is archived.

In an opinion piece featured on the front page of CNN.com, Associate Professor Dr. Arun Vishwanath argues that amid the heated debate about a physical wall that occupies a great deal of the 2016 Presidential primary election, what is lost is the wall the United States really needs: a cyberwall to securely identify users in the same way they are identified in the real world. Countries like Estonia, Vishwanath points out, have already enacted such a protocol. To overcome to diffuse nature of the United States and fears of security, Vishwanath offers a simple and elegant solution: biometrics already embedded in mobile phones. 

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