biometric in comment and analysis
Leader: Government should stay soft on ID cards
Leader And in case all these advantages don't sway you, 70 per cent of the cost of the system will come from introducing biometric passports which are on the way anyway, so piggybacking ID cards on bio-passports doesn't even cost so much, the government... [26 May 2005]
Leader: Technology matters in the general election
Leader While a party's policy on, say, biometric ID cards might sway the way you vote, what about its attitude towards NHS modernisation, public sector IT procurements or broadband? Technology is already playing a big part in the general election campaign... [14 Apr 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 01.04.05
Round-Up And still loosely on the subject of travel, gruesome news from Malaysia where thieves have cut off a man's finger in order to get around the biometric fingerprint-based security on his S-Class Mercedes. [01 Apr 2005]
Online security - we must remain vigilant
Comment Other authentication methods or devices in the market such as smart cards, USB tokens, password generators and biometric readers are technologically sound but unwieldiness and cost barriers continue to hamper mass adoption. [25 Feb 2005]
Leader: Tagging kids
Leader In the UK, today's news follows a similar recent story about a school in Loughborough using biometric fingerprint readers to check pupils in and out. However, a major objection to children being tagged shouldn't necessarily be on the grounds of... [21 Jan 2005]
Leader: Blunkett should rethink ID card "folly"
Leader Home Secretary David Blunkett threw down the gauntlet to privacy activists and ID card opponents today claiming that the store loyalty cards we keep in our wallets are a bigger invasion of privacy than the UK's proposed biometric ID card scheme... [17 Nov 2004]
Leader: UK ID cards - devil is in the detail
Leader Indeed, some have - the ID card will now be a standalone compulsory biometric ID card rather than being included on the passport or driving licence, a new executive agency will manage the scheme and an independent watchdog will scrutinise it all. [27 Oct 2004]
Biometrics: Your questions answered
Comment Biometric device manufacturers are going through this same process - and indeed they couldn't go through this process if people didn't test their devices with a view to spoofing them. Simon Green asks: "How long ago was the government's biometric... [20 Aug 2004]
Leader: Fear not the biometric ID
Leader silicon.com this week took part in the UK government's biometric ID enrolment trial at the passport offices in London. The results of the trials will help decide which form of physical identification should be used for a national biometric ID card... [13 Aug 2004]
silicon.com gets a UK biometric ID card
Comment I'm here to enrol as one of the 10,000 volunteers in the UK government's biometric ID card trial and check out the process for myself. OK, that's what many people would like us to believe registering for a biometric ID card is like, but - whatever... [12 Aug 2004]
Leader: US Big Brother plans panned
Leader As visa-carrying members of the UK press, many silicon.com staff have already been forced to take part in the biometric entry system at US immigration. US immigration plans to biometrically register every visitor to the country have this week been... [29 Jul 2004]
India diary: Day six - Space-age tech campuses
Comment The centre has tight security with biometric fingerprint scanners on the door to control entry. silicon.com reporter Andy McCue was on assignment in India from 14 to 23 April investigating offshoring efforts in Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and New... [09 Jun 2004]
Leader: Government IT leaders on verge of new era
Leader It now looks certain that biometric ID cards will be given the official go ahead later this year, triggering the bidding process for another massive, and no doubt costly, high-profile government IT project. [05 May 2004]
Leader: Biometrics will march onwards
Leader The march towards biometric forms of identity recognition and security seems unstoppable. Many people won't have a choice but to go along with that government's moves and it will be the same when the UK or China or another country implements a... [06 Jan 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Biometric choices, 3G+WLAN and EMC buying VMWare
Comment However, the number of schemes - as well as the variety of different biometric identifiers in use in these schemes - will make interoperability problematic, especially if machines have to be put in place to automate the identification of... [22 Dec 2003]
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