Cybersecurity may be slipping through our fingers

Rather than providing a safeguard, new voice-and fingerprint-recognition systems may actually help hackers to raid people's bank accounts. Cheng Yingqi reports.

Before online payment systems brought so much convenience to our lives - allowing us to book taxis, go shopping or eat at a restaurant without carrying a wallet - the most famous online adage was: "On the internet, no one knows you're a dog".

The lack of identity confirmation wasn't a problem for most people because the "old" web was a place where our online identities could remain separate from our real lives.