Biometrics and Porn

[gstudios]

Interesting replies. I guess in the context of fooling biometric security devices, you could hire "good citizens" who have finally cracked, or enough money to make them do criminal acts. Then all of that expensive hardware, really does no good. Since the good citizen, wouldn't be in a criminal database.

[n0b0dy]

Well.. A determined hacker or a so called BAD man can find a way to break into anything. Biometric devices are not completely immune to attack. As customers and the industry learn to what length intruders are willing to go to penetrate these new defenses, we will also continue to find the means to thwart their attempts. The point is to balance the solution to the threat.
It is the task of biometric products to apply a mathematical algorithm to the identifier (retina, or fingerprint for example) to determine if a user is a who they are pretending to be. In devices where a finger print is the means of identification, a small device will scan the fingerprint of the user and momentarily record the fine details. Where fingerprints are concern this may include features such as the finger prints' hills and valleys, the direction and branching points, line endings and dozens of other minutiae.
Restricted access is good, but what if you are rejected during the authentication procedure from accessing your own computer? It can happen if you have a large cut on your finger for instance. In such situations you would be in the same position as if you had forgotten your password. Heh. What would happen if you were just rejected for no reason, or even worse some one else had a finger print similar to yours and was able to gain access your computer? Well the odds are statistically in your favor that neither of these situations will occur.
All in all biometrics is the final piece in the security triangle and the most secure.

[Ouroboros]

Facial biometrics, for example, rely on vector relations...unless you either break your face into a million+ pieces and rebuild it or have DRASTIC surgery, you are subject to basic recognition...

and...

"Based on the 1987 patented discovery of Drs. Leonard Flom and Aran Safirj that no two irises are alike, Iridian Technologies - http://www.iridiantech.com/index.php - uses a digital video camera to capture a black-and-white photo of the eye. It then discards from the image unnecessary details, such as eyelashes and contact lenses. Within seconds, the system examines the rich detail (blood vessel patterns) of the iris."

Ouroboros

[iceman3ar]

The only thing biometrics should be used on is suspected terrorists, not every day Joe. As for the cameras, I believe airports, the White House, and State Capitols should have them. Also, I read on a different note, that the DOD is testing several different "people control" devices. These include sonic boom rifles, infrared pain rays, and more. Imagine what would happen if you didn't comply with the government? Especially on any "rights" they decided to take away for the benefit of everybody's so-called well being!





"You can get farther with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone"-AL CAPONE

[delstar]

Interesting post...I'll look into it sometime...but in the meantime, I still want my p0rn

[Remote_Access40]

All this is good and dandy, but in my opinion, sometime in the near future they will be putting microchips in everyone, that will be the form of ID. it would probably give your location at anytime using Satelites.

there would be no way of escaping the law then.