biometric in comment and analysis
Dear silicon.com: Games skills gap, student outsourcing, ID card fears
Comment Biometric ID cards will not solve problems because Also attracting plenty of reader comment this week was the revelation that UK students are 'outsourcing' coursework to India. Is this good old fashioned cheating? [27 Jun 2008]
Tony Mather
CIO Profile In addition to managing a tech budget in excess of £100m per year and major IT-related programmes such as biometric visas, shared services and the Firecrest project to upgrade the FCO's entire IT infrastructure, Mather runs the information... [11 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Rural v City fat pipe row and ID cards
Comment There really is no need to go through the whole biometric ID business. Readers are up in arms over Ofcom claims that the 'digital divide' actually favours rural dwellers - with many disputing the so-called countryside speedy fat pipes. [29 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.04.08
Round-Up The campaign is an attack on government plans to take the biometric details of UK citizens for ID cards, starting next year. Wanted: fingerprints of one unkempt, jowly, harassed-looking Scottish gentleman. [11 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up Doing little to dispel the general sense of despair at Heathrow was news the airport has had to temporarily suspend plans to introduce biometric fingerprint checks for domestic passengers travelling through the airport. [28 Mar 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.03.08
Round-Up The government said it was still planning to force foreign nationals living in Britain to register their biometric details on the National Identity Register and carry an ID card by the end of the year. [07 Mar 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment B is for Behavioural biometric Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. But the big shift in the government's plans is the subtle sidelining of the physical biometric ID card itself. [07 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com...Illegal file-sharing, biometrics flying high, ID fines…
Comment More so, biometric technology introduces a consistent identification performance and contrary to the all too common rhetoric, biometric technology works and performs reliably. So, what is actually gained by enabling "trusted" people to pass through... [28 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com...Naked CIO, silver skills and ID card anger…
Comment First, why do I need a biometric passport, photo driving licence and an ID card, each of which I have to pay for separately? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. [14 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Data security... e-learning a bit of a bore?... ID cards debate... skip vista?
Comment I can see utility in a central store for biometric data. We do not need a separate card to hold the biometrics - they can be duplicated onto cards issued by banks etc to support biometric authentication. [13 Dec 2007]
Can biometrics secure the public's data?
Comment B is for Behavioural biometric For example, biometric solutions can also be used as a substitute to key cards. Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. [23 Nov 2007]
Leader: It's time for a data breach disclosure law
Leader The proposed national identity register for the ID card scheme will store even more data, including biometric information - what happens if your fingerprint records fall into the hands of identity thieves? [22 Nov 2007]
Q&A: Bruce Schneier, CTO of BT Counterpane
Comment It was sold as a panacea, that the biometric ID card will [makes things] better and I'm not exactly sure how. Security expert Bruce Schneier is well-known for his candid views on the security industry - one of the reasons he was named as one of... [23 Oct 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: We need multiple biometrics
Comment Why should we think that a hand or thumb, lip or ear, face or body, voice or other biometric print will suffice as part of a complete electronic recognition system? The voice and other biometric data is easy to mimic or forge, and just about... [12 Mar 2007]
Leader: Biometrics - good or bad?
Leader So biometric airport security appears to be getting the thumbs-up - it's already been rolled out at airports in Birmingham, London and Manchester. It's always interesting to see where technologies are embraced by the mass market - and where they... [07 Feb 2007]
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