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ID card 'will drown in a billion mismatches'
News I is for Iris Daugman, an expert on iris recognition, says fingerprints and facial photos are not distinctive enough to be able to tell the UK's 45-million-strong adult population apart. The government... [26 Sep 2008]
One million ID cards every year from 2009
News I is for Iris The Home Office is trialling fingerprint enrolment for foreign nationals and has taken 12,000 fingerprints to date, which the Home Secretary said has resulted in four convictions and "a lot... [25 Sep 2008]
'Uncloneable' biometric passports pass the test
News I is for Iris The second generation ePassports, due to be introduced in the UK in 2011/12, will be fitted with a RFID chip containing fingerprint scans and personal details, which will feature security... [22 Sep 2008]
High Confidence Visual Recognition of Persons by a Test of Statistical Independence
White Paper The possibility that the iris of the eye might be used as a kind of optical fingerprint for personal identification was suggested originally by ophthalmologists, who noted from clinical experience that... [03 Jul 2008]
Biometrics to fast track 'trusted' travellers
News Fingerprint, iris and facial recognition technology will be used to speed up frequent travellers' journeys through immigration control, as part of a UK-US agreement for a fast-travel option for trusted... [03 Jul 2008]
Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors
News BAG urged the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) to adopt iris scans as a "fall back", for when there are problems taking or matching a fingerprint. The IPS is putting an enlarged... [20 Jun 2008]
Fingerprints analysed on the beat
News I is for Iris The project, called Lantern, is intended to examine how time can be saved by officers trying to establish the identity of persons stopped on the street by enabling fingerprint and number... [11 Jun 2008]
Heathrow 'temporarily delays' fingerprint checks
News I is for Iris Plans to introduce biometric fingerprint checks for domestic passengers travelling through Heathrow Airport have been delayed after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) raised... [26 Mar 2008]
EU border checks go biometric
News I is for Iris From 2009, all EU passports will feature a digital fingerprint and photograph and, from 2011 non-EU citizens who apply for a visa will have to give their biometric details. Under plans to... [14 Feb 2008]
Biometric fingerprint checks for UK visas
News I is for Iris All applicants for visas to enter the UK will face biometric fingerprint checks from the end of this month. The fingerprint database contains the records of more than one... [14 Jan 2008]
Can biometrics secure the public's data?
Comment There are numerous biometrics technologies, including fingerprint recognition, iris scans, face recognition, voice recognition and even vein and palm recognition. Fingerprint or... [23 Nov 2007]
ID cards will be secure, insists Home Office
News The Home Office spokesman added: "No one is saying the scheme will be a panacea but by linking unique biometric information - initially face, fingerprint and possibly in future iris too - to one set of... [25 Oct 2007]
UK passports face massive price hike
News I is for Iris The report stated: "Larger capacity chips will be needed to hold the basic data and fingerprint image and more locations and additional staff will be needed to collect biometric data from... [10 Oct 2007]
ID cards: The bidding war begins
News The ID card schemes has seen a number changes during its life so far with an ID card mega database and iris scanning tech being ditched in December 2006. Suppliers will be required to "design, build, deploy and service"... [09 Aug 2007]
Schools get lessons on biometric tech
News Biometric tech can take the form of fingerprint, retina, iris pattern, voice and even face shape recognition. Fingerprint recognition is already used in a number of schools for a range... [25 Jul 2007]
