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HOV lane inside the Airport for 65,000

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2008-01-18 03:18:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...fingerprints to be sent to the TSA for a background check. Once the travelers arrive at the airport, they have their fingerprints or eyes scanned and use a "Clear" lane with a shorter security wait Airlines are coming out against the new procedure as they feel that it competes with the shorter security lines that they provide for their...
 
Tags: airport, minimal yearly fee, yearly fee, reagan national airports, airports, shorter security wait, scare people, shorter security lines, travelers
 
 
 
 
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Giving Drivers Licenses to Illegal Immigrants

2008-02-13 05:57:39 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...fingerprints - than the IRS database, the Social Security database, or state birth certificate databases. As such, they are an invaluable police tool - for investigating crimes, tracking down suspects, and proving guilt Removing the 8 million-15 million illegal immigrants from these databases would only make law enforcement harder. Of course,...
 
Tags: licenses, driver licenses, illegal immigrants, licenses helps, licenses andor, deny licenses, driver, law, respects law enforcement
 
 
 
 
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Customer information vulnerable in the hands of corporates

2008-03-31 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b7f1d8 in Network World on Security
 
Privacy agreements are being scrapped as fingerprints, iris scans and voiceprints are at risk of being hocked off through business acquisitions
 
Tags: iris scans, business acquisitions, privacy agreements, fingerprints, voiceprints, risk
 
 
 
 
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German Minister's Fingerprint Published

2008-04-01 14:37:40 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...fingerprints. And me on biometrics from 10 years ago
 
Tags: chaos computer club, fingerprint, strong supporter, german, interior minister, antiterrorist measure, wolfgang schauble, political hack, story directly
 
 
 
 
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Chertoff Says Fingerprints Aren't Personal Data

2008-04-21 06:54:40 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says : QUESTION: Some are raising that the privacy aspects of this thing, you know, sharing of that kind of data, very personal data, among four countries is quite a scary thing SECRETARY CHERTOFF: Well, first of all, a fingerprint is hardly personal data because you leave it on glasses and silverware...
 
Tags: personal data, personal, data, secretary chertoff, secret, privacy aspects, articles, footprints, world
 
 
 
 
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Toshiba notebook protects itself with faces

2008-05-23 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473168 in Network World on Security
 
It's not just fingerprints -- the shape, contours and lines of your face are also as unique as you are. Toshiba Corp.'s Face Recognition software (which is available as a standard feature on the Satellite Pro U400, M300, A300 and P300 models) attempts to replace tedious passwords and uncertain finger swipes with identification gleaned from...
 
Tags: uncertain finger swipes, satellite pro u400, replace tedious passwords, recognition software, toshiba corp, standard feature, p300 models, contours, fingerprints
 
 
 
 
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From the Eye of a Legal Storm, Murdoch's Satellite-TV Hacker Tells All

2008-05-30 15:00:00 by Kim Zetter in Wired Security
 
...fingerprints lifted from the seized electronics equipment sent to Tarnovsky's Texas mail drop belonged to an associate of Menard, raising suspicions again that Tarnovsky might have sold pirate Nagrastar cards without NDS's knowledge. NDS fired him Tarnovsky says his termination proves he and NDS weren't conspiring against Nagrastar. Had they...
 
Tags: smart cards piled, cards, nds cards, access cards, sample directv cards, directv cards, smart cards, nds smart cards, nds
 
 
 
 
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The ID Divide

2008-06-04 06:34:45 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...fingerprints or iris scans are not the "silver bullets" that some proponents claim they are, but rather could become compromised rapidly if deployed in haphazard ways We then apply our progressive principles and due diligence insights to two current examples of identification programs. The first details why it would be bad policy to require...
 
Tags: identification technologies, identification, identification programs, identification systems, due diligence, due diligence insights, process, due diligence process, identification program
 
 
 
 
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Fly through airport security with Clear, but you don't have less security?

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2008-06-04 12:26:56 by HASH0x8b3dfdc in StillSecure, After All These Years
...fingerprints, Iris scans, passport, etc. This past week my Clear card came in the mail and I have been looking forward to using it I thought that with my background check and all, they knew that I was a low risk for terrorist or other type of activity and therefore would not be subject to the same scrutiny and testing that we all endure when...
 
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