biometric ID is injurious, m'kay

nicholas on 2005-04-04T17:02:12

Something that I'd not seen until today - fingerprint lock leads to finger loss - something to point politicians to every time they put forward biometric ID as a panacea.


Biometric Flaws

chromatic on 2005-04-04T17:28:36

As one of my friends likes to say:

[Biometric] is only good for as long as you have that body part.

They're Not Smiling

chaoticset on 2005-04-04T19:46:49

Just you wait until beemers have retinal scanners. Oooh. :\

Re:They're Not Smiling

lachoy on 2005-04-04T21:06:40

everybody who cringed during that spider-eye-scanning scene in "Minority Report" raise your hand... (cringe)

Schneier seems to agree...

Molt on 2005-06-07T09:38:49

..it's been covered in the latest issue of Crypto-gram: http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0504.html#4