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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]
Comment Sky-high biometrics Biometrics the future for flying bliss? By 2015 I predict it will be possible to temporarily assume someone else's biometrics pretty much at will using cosmetic techniques. Responding to Richard's comments, the introduction of...
[28 Feb 2008]
Comment The action takes place in a UK where ID cards and biometrics have become a standard method of verifying identity. It's great that primetime TV wants to tackle subjects such as ID cards, biometrics and surveillance.
[20 Feb 2008]
Comment A-Zs… ¦ Security from A-Z… ¦ Biometrics from A-Z… ¦ Broadband from A-Z… ¦ Wireless from A-Z… ¦ Green IT from A-Z… This week's Lotusphere marks a big shift for IBM's Lotus collaboration software arm.
[24 Jan 2008]
Comment ¦ Video Cheat Sheet: Biometrics Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. What? More lost data? Data breach hits thousands of motorists
[20 Dec 2007]
Comment 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. Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views...
[13 Dec 2007]
Comment Biometrics refers to technological methods for distinguishing and recognising humans based on intrinsic physical or behavioural traits. Addleshaw Goddard's Paul Bentham says biometrics may be hailed as the ultimate security measure - but the...
[23 Nov 2007]
Comment The argument goes something like this: imagine what catastrophes they would be able to engineer if we gave them access to our fingerprints and other biometrics.silicon.com has been watching the government's ID card project from the start - and...
[21 Nov 2007]
Comment Biometrics works in areas which it works and not in areas where it doesn't work is the short answer. One future security technology is biometrics - what do you think of it? Biometrics is complicated and I can't give a soundbite answer.
[23 Oct 2007]
Comment Written on the A1M and dispatched to silicon.com via a free LAN connection provided by my hotel outside Newcastle upon Tyne Have you noticed how easy it is to recognise a friend or loved one at a distance?
[12 Mar 2007]
Comment For a related story, see our take on why biometrics are neither good nor bad. I've written and read a lot in the past few years about how the 2008 Beijing Olympics are very much about China's coming of age in terms of being a modern economy and in...
[07 Feb 2007]
Leader Often even the same technology - biometrics, say - is accepted in one application and not in another. Airport security, for instance, is shaping up to be one area where biometrics are welcomed. And new research shows the general public in the UK...
[07 Feb 2007]
Leader However, the ardent opposition of yesteryear to these biometrics appears to be fading, perhaps predictably, as individuals realise there could be something in it for them. Read silicon.com's A to Z of biometrics.
[31 Oct 2006]
Round-Up So imagine the consternation in the regions at news that the good, hardworking folk of Yeovil, Somerset, will be required to use fingerprint biometrics in order to access their local boozer. The good people of the West Country are well known for...
[27 Oct 2006]
Leader So far this week we've heard that even though most Brits don't understand what biometrics are, 76 per cent of people in the UK are now more in favour of them than a year ago. They believe biometrics will increase personal safety and three-quarters...
[18 Oct 2006]
Leader Increasingly governments and business are looking at biometrics - from fingerprints to irises to gait - as ways of being certain who it is they are doing business with. Want more on biometrics? Read silicon.com's A to Z of biometrics to find out...
[24 Jul 2006]
Leader From the complexities of the biometrics to the central database which will store huge amounts of personal information, through to the complexities of integrating ID cards with existing systems, there are big question marks over the government's...
[10 Jul 2006]
Leader In the long term, passwords will be replaced or combined with biometrics or other technologies. It's incredible to think that in 2006 we are still struggling with the issue of managing secure passwords.
[16 May 2006]
Leader Meanwhile numerous technology experts have raised questions about the reliability of biometrics used on this scale and the near impossibility of securing a vast national identity database holding the personal information, biometrics and audit...
[31 Mar 2006]
Leader But so far biometrics have not yet been proved successful in the consumer space. Chip and PIN takes long enough when you're waiting for someone to buy a 75p croissant but imagine the kafuffle with biometrics.
[14 Mar 2006]
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