Re: Why fingerprint biometrics are bad...

["Jeffrey Sharpe" <jsharpe () cyberlynk net>]

And let us not forget about the car thieves.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18624943.600-finger-chopped-off-to-bea
t-car-security.html



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Jeffrey Sharpe
jsharpe () cyberlynk net
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-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On
Behalf Of Rich Kulawiec
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:48 AM
To: FunSec [List]
Subject: Re: [funsec] Why fingerprint biometrics are bad...

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 06:01:40PM -0800, Dragos Ruiu wrote:
> (Experts have been saying it for years. Now we will have to deal with  
> the inadequacies of the systems put in place. cheers, --dr)

Yes.  Biometrics are known-bad, but the people pushing them seem
determined to learn this the hard way.  I often think they should be
made to watch the relevant illustrative scene in "Demolition Man" [1] until
they grasp why biometrics drastically increase the risk to personnel.

(Of course, it's entirely possible that they've absorbed the lesson,
but cynically -- and possibly correctly -- reason that since *they*
won't be incurring the risk, that it's acceptable.)

---Rsk

[1] I apologize to everyone for bringing up any film with Sylvester
Stallone so early in the day.
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