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U.K. airport gets iris recognition program

2008-01-23 00:00:00 by HASH0x8afc93c in Network World on Security
 
...iris recognition. The system officially went live just before Christmas, and is used to control access to secure parts of the airport for airport workers Register for a WAN Acceleration Technology Primer Advertisement This paper explores the differences between commonly used WAN acceleration technologies
 
Tags: airport, iris recognition, wan acceleration technologies, airport workers, paper explores, control access, advertisement, manchester, system
 
 
 
 
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Embedding Iris Watermarking in Photos

2008-02-14 13:06:56 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Canon has filed a patent on embedding an iris scan of the photographer in the metadata of photographs, presumably secured with a digital signature
 
Tags: digital signature, iris scan, photographs, canon, photographer, filed, patent, metadata
 
 
 
 
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Marines Land in Afghanistan -- with Biometrics

2008-05-22 22:30:00 by David Axe in Wired Security
 
...iris scanners and electronic databases With these biometric tools, the Marines are planning to recruit new cops who have no ties to tribal warlords. We know there are some shadow police and some militia-type police, Lt. Col. Ray Hall, the Marine commander, said. Once we go through the vetting process, we'll have everybody screened so that...
 
Tags: afghan, afghan government, seditious afghan cops, afghanistan, cops, afghan loyalties, nato commanders, nato, warlords
 
 
 
 
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"Prosthetic Biometrics": Microchips Under Your Skin

2007-02-09 00:00:00 by Ari Juels in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...iris scanning, and so forth. A faculty member approached me afterward to ask why I was bothering. After all, wouldn't we all be surgically implanted with digital authentication devices in the not-too-distant future? I laughed at the idea of "prosthetic biometrics." Gently, I hope. Today a company called VeriChip conducted an initial public...
 
Tags: devices, implantable authentication devices, rfid tags, scan rfid tags, digital authentication devices, prosthetic biometrics, verichip sells, verichip, transmit unique serial
 
 
 
 
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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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Biometrics would not have prevented SocGen incident

2008-03-07 19:25:37 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
...iris scan would have prevented the trader from not complying with the list of procedural controls listed such as "no confirmation for internal transactions." This is also a view shared by Kenneth Paterson of the Royal Holloway in this very insightful article published as part of the latest Computer Weekly Think-Tank on insider threats. Read...
 
Tags: controls, procedural controls, report, report identifies, audit controls, biometrics, security tosh, strong identification solutions, computer weekly think-tank
 
 
 
 
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The ID Divide

2008-06-04 06:34:45 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...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 government-issued...
 
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
...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 we have to...
 
Tags: security, security line, airport security program, line, security procedures, background check, check, security obligations, background
 
 
 
 
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Fly through airport security with Clear, but you don't have less security

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2008-06-04 13:26:24 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...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 we have to...
 
Tags: security, security line, airport security program, line, security procedures, background check, check, security obligations, background