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more on Canada-U.S.-Mexico borders to become biometric passport zones
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 08:08:09 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: "Jonathan S. Shapiro" <shap () eros-os org> Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 22:07:33 -0400 To: <dave () farber net> Cc: Ip <ip () v2 listbox com> Subject: Re: [IP] more on Canada-U.S.-Mexico borders to become biometric passport zones [For IP] On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 18:10 -0400, David Farber wrote:
Biometrics do no good to authenticate a document. They serve only one purpose: to prove that a present human is described by a document.
Actually, they don't even do that. They prove that a present human is described by a present biometric. The rest of the document can still be a forgery. Jonathan Shapiro Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Johns Hopkins University ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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