By Will Sturgeon
Published: Friday 06 May 2005
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Karen Challinor
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UK
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Company Director
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And how does this technology guarantee that
A) the finger is still alive and attached to its owner (Ed note. Most sophisticated biometrics technologies have 'liveness' tests. For more, read our Biometrics Q&A: http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/protectingid/0,3800002220,39123336,00.htm).
B) the owner is not under duress (Ed note. This can be true of PIN numbers though as well.)
One possible saving grace of a pin is a duress code that notifies the police on use, except that I have yet to see one implemented.
Finger scanning offers "low friction" means for au...
Anonymous
Some UK banks have already started to look at the ...
Peter Craik
why trust this report? it comes from fujitsu! and ...
mark SPLINTER
If banks do adopt finger print ID, I hope they tak...
John Hobson
And how does this technology guarantee that
A) ...
Karen Challinor
This is just another example of buzzword branding....
Graham Coles
If 1 in 3 bank users want biometric cards, then 2 ...
Anonymous
fao ed. yes i know chip and pin is not the same th...
Mark SPLINTER
There are NO Privacy concerns if you use Biometric...
Anonymous
Biometrics will provide more security in all trans...
Daryl Coldwell
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