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The use of biological markers like fingerprints, faces and irises to identify people is rapidly moving from science fiction to reality.
Apple’s latest iPhone, which went on sale this week, can be unlocked with a fingerprint. Users of Android smartphones can unlock their devices with a glance. And the Federal Bureau of Investigation isdeveloping facial recognition technology that would allow it to pinpoint criminals and suspects in large crowds of people with closed-circuit cameras.
Once so expensive that it was used only by the military or high-tech companies, biometric technology has become so commonplace that even some schools and hospitals are using it. Its adoption could make sensitive information more secure than conventional identification cards or passwords, which can be easily forgotten, lost or hacked. But it also has the potential to undermine privacy, which has been greatly compromised by recent revelations about government surveillance of phone and Internet communications.
In fact, biometrics are not as safe as is often thought. A 2010 report from the National Research Council concluded that such systems are “inherently fallible” because they identify people within certain degrees of certainty and because biological markers are relatively easy to copy. For example, people leave their fingerprints on everything they touch, which makes those fingerprints available to any determined spy or law enforcement agent. Experts have shown that fingerprints and other markers can be copied, giving hackers and thieves access to private information. And once compromised, fingerprints cannot be reset, like passwords, or replaced, like passports.
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- Singapore Airport Will Ditch Passports For Biometrics In 2024on September 29, 2023 at 6:51 pm
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Singapore government officials have stated that the city-state’s Changi Airport will implement automated immigration checkpoints using only ...
- Mobile Biometrics Specialist Attains Compliance With UK’s DIATFon September 29, 2023 at 8:40 am
The DIATF was established to promote a digital identity market in the UK, facilitating a reliable way for individuals to prove their identity or other attributes digitally. The framework outlines the ...
- Centre extends date for collecting biometrics of illegal migrants in Manipuron September 29, 2023 at 1:36 am
The Centre allowed the collection of biographic and biometric details of illegal migrants in Manipur till March 31, 2024, as the ongoing process is not likely to be over by the end of September as ...
- Face biometrics and AI prove to be jackpot for gaming regulators and casino securityon September 28, 2023 at 12:01 pm
Gambling IQ also suggests AI for behavioral analysis to monitor triggers and spending habits in real time, and personalized interventions to players in crisis.
- Biometrics to recover stolen US aid meant for Covid-hit firms? No wayon September 28, 2023 at 10:14 am
Some members in the committee hearing took the opportunity to criticize the Small Business Administration for not making better use of ID verification.
- Mastercard Wants to Make Biometrics More Accurateon September 28, 2023 at 9:30 am
Mastercard wants to bump up the resolution on your biometrics. The credit card company filed a patent application for a system for "normalizing biometrics image samples." This essentially allows ...
- Mastercard Wants to Make Biometrics More Accurateon September 28, 2023 at 9:00 am
Mastercard wants to bump up the resolution on your biometrics. The credit card company filed a patent application for a system ...
- Aware Launches Partner Program, Empowering Both Large and Midmarket Technology Providers to Leverage Biometrics for Enhanced Revenue Streamson September 28, 2023 at 6:00 am
Program to Serve as the Aware Partner Ecosystem Foundation to Meet Market DemandBURLINGTON, Mass., Sept. (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More widespread availability of technology, increasing consumer adoption ...
- DHS biometrics management dinged by watchdogson September 27, 2023 at 2:05 pm
Hundreds of millions of individuals' personally identifiable information” is impacted by the privacy weaknesses, according to the Government Accountability Office.
- ‘An ocean of fraud.’ Industry offers biometrics and data exploitation solutions after sweeping COVID-19 fraudon September 27, 2023 at 12:16 pm
As the federal government tries to grapple with just how much money was lost to fraud during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, industry leaders believe advances in identity verification and ...
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- iBeta is accredited to expand biometric quality assurance and performance testingon September 30, 2023 at 8:20 am
The accreditation certifies iBeta to conduct biometric PAD testing to standards ICO/IEC 30107-1 (2016), 30107-3 (2017) and 30107-4 (2020).
- Mobile Biometrics Specialist Attains Compliance With UK’s DIATFon September 29, 2023 at 8:40 am
The DIATF was established to promote a digital identity market in the UK, facilitating a reliable way for individuals to prove their identity or other attributes digitally. The framework outlines the ...
- New York bans use of facial recognition technology in schoolson September 28, 2023 at 3:29 pm
Technology that was once thought to be the future of school security is now a thing of the past. The state’s education commissioner, Betty A. Rosa, announced on Wednesday that she would be banning the ...
- New York bans facial recognition technology in schoolson September 28, 2023 at 9:19 am
New York state banned the use of facial recognition technology in schools Wednesday, following a report that concluded the risks to student privacy and civil rights outweigh potential security ...
- ICAO TRIP Symposium underscores the vital role of technology and innovation in advancing traveler mobilityon September 28, 2023 at 9:08 am
This event took place against a backdrop of surging passenger demand, with global traffic currently at about 96% of pre-pandemic levels.
- Aware Launches Partner Program, Empowering Both Large and Midmarket Technology Providers to Leverage Biometrics for Enhanced Revenue Streamson September 28, 2023 at 6:00 am
Program to Serve as the Aware Partner Ecosystem Foundation to Meet Market DemandBURLINGTON, Mass., Sept. (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More widespread availability of technology, increasing consumer adoption ...
- DHS biometrics management dinged by watchdogson September 27, 2023 at 2:05 pm
Hundreds of millions of individuals' personally identifiable information” is impacted by the privacy weaknesses, according to the Government Accountability Office.
- ‘An ocean of fraud.’ Industry offers biometrics and data exploitation solutions after sweeping COVID-19 fraudon September 27, 2023 at 12:16 pm
As the federal government tries to grapple with just how much money was lost to fraud during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, industry leaders believe advances in identity verification and ...
- 'Stupid from the beginning': State bans facial recognition technology in schoolson September 27, 2023 at 10:44 am
Districts will be able to use other biometric identifying technology, however, if they consider the privacy implications, impact on civil rights and effectiveness of the technology, as well as receive ...
- NY Bans Facial Recognition in Schools, Allows Other Biometricson September 27, 2023 at 8:47 am
New York state is banning facial recognition software in schools while giving local districts discretion to use other cutting-edge technology criticized by civil rights groups.
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