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Design of Portable Biometric Authenticators - Energy, Performance, and Security Tradeoffs
White Paper Biometrics have become a popular means for access control and authentication. As the processing power of embedded systems has grown, efforts have been made to perform biometrics locally on constrained devices such as smart cards. [03 Jul 2008]
Experian launches biometric voice ID checks
News The VoiceCheck service uses technology provided by biometrics specialist VoiceVault to detect more than 100 physiological metrics, such as size of nasal cavity, to determine whether the subject is who they claim to be. [23 Jun 2008]
Fingerprints analysed on the beat
News The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) has extended a mobile fingerprinting trial by handing out 100 devices to a further 10 police forces.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to... [11 Jun 2008]
ID cards: The "surveillance society" risk
News In the report Ross Anderson, a security expert from Cambridge University, also warns that biometrics can easily be stolen by organised gangsters. He said: "Once you start using biometrics on a very wide scale, for all sorts of everyday transactions... [09 Jun 2008]
MacOSX.com Whitepaper: Biometrics
White Paper This paper discusses the mainstream biometric technologies and the advantages and disadvantages of biometric technologies, their security issues and finally their applications in day today life. Biometric identification refers to identifying an... [04 Apr 2008]
Heathrow 'temporarily delays' fingerprint checks
News Plans to introduce biometric fingerprint checks for domestic passengers travelling through Heathrow Airport have been delayed after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) raised privacy concerns about the system.silicon.com's A to Z of... [26 Mar 2008]
Police gets to grips with body cameras
Case Study Inspector David Edge, who is coordinating the camera trial, told silicon.com: "Once the officer's finished his tour of duty or taken his prisoner back to the police station he can upload those recordings to a central server.silicon.com's A to Z of... [12 Mar 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
News B is for Biometrics Foreign nationals living in Britain will have to register their biometric details on the National Identity Register and carry an ID card by the end of this year. Biometric data for the cards is likely to be captured by private... [10 Mar 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment Politically, ID cards are dead.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics The mass population won't now be required to register their biometrics on the national identity register when renewing or applying for a new passport until 2012 now (the original... [07 Mar 2008]
ID card u-turn by government
News B is for Biometrics A government u-turn has ditched plans to force people to get a biometric ID card when they renew or apply for a passport. But the government still intends to force foreign nationals living in Britain to register their biometric... [06 Mar 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News By 2015, biometric technology will make getting on a plane almost as easy as getting on the Tube or train today, according to a leading border security expert.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics Another major advantage is that a single document or... [21 Feb 2008]
ID cards plan: Airport union wants answers
News B is for Biometrics And the union said it wants to make sure workers will not shoulder the projected £93 cost of the biometric card. A spokesman for the Identity and Passport Service said it made sense to adopt an incremental approach to rolling... [20 Feb 2008]
EU border checks go biometric
News Automated border control systems and guards would be able to check visitors' identities using the biometric data, with EU and trusted travellers from outside the EU able to speed up the process using automated gates.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics [14 Feb 2008]
Biometrics open up Heathrow Terminal One
News Biometric passenger checks have landed at Heathrow that will allow domestic travellers to access more shops and restaurants.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric... [08 Feb 2008]
FBI proposes global biometric criminal database
News UK police are in talks with the FBI about an international biometric database to track down the world's most wanted criminals and terrorists.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know... [15 Jan 2008]
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