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Biometrics. WHAT IS “Biometrics”? . Biometrics is the technology that uses humans’ unique personal characteristics to identify a person. Face structure Fingerprints Hand geometry (shape of hand and finger lengths) Retina and Iris (Eyes’ blood vessels and coloured ring in our eyes)
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WHAT IS “Biometrics”? • Biometrics is the technology that uses humans’ unique personal characteristics to identify a person. • Face structure • Fingerprints • Hand geometry • (shape of hand and finger lengths) • Retina and Iris • (Eyes’ blood vessels and coloured ring in our eyes) • Signature • Vein patterns in hands • Voice
Some ways in which biometrics is used: • Payment • E.g. ATM Iris recognition – scans a person’s eye to access the ATM account • More secure than using a debit/credit cards. • Credit cards can lost • Measure body size and keep track of their body changes during training process • Passports with computer chips • Impossible for face copies • Fighting crime • Install the biometric program in security cameras to detect theft’s face structure walking on the streets etc, so police can catch them.
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGESOF BIOMETRICS? • Increase security • Quicker log in to accounts/ • checking for matching of fingerprints • No more problems about losing ID cards or forgetting passwords • Replace hard-to-remember passwords which may be shared or observed • Make it possible, automatically, to know WHO did WHAT, WHERE and WHEN!
What are the possible drawbacks? • Dangerto owners – cutting finger off etc. • If the data of biometrics were hacked from database , we cannot create/change a new ‘password’ – because we cannot change our fingerprints etc. • These systems are not always reliable as human beings change over time if you are ill • If you use biometrics, you are always tracked by database – privacy issues • Expensive security solution • If the system fails, you cannot get through the doors or log in to your account