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News As this type of laptop becomes more common it's likely that access to corporate networks will increasingly be through fingerprint verification. Hand geometry is not thought to be unique in the same way as other... [20 Jul 2006]
Biometric fingerprint checks for UK visas
News 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 million previous visa... [14 Jan 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... [26 Mar 2008]
Biometric airport security gets thumbs-up
News The manual check before security is then replaced by an automatic barrier activated by the passenger's fingerprint and a biometric reader verifies the passenger again at the boarding gate.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics [20 Jun 2007]
Police crackdown to see drivers fingerprinted
News Police forces are using handheld computers to run roadside fingerprint tests to crack down on rogue motorists who provide fake identities. Bedfordshire Police is the first of 10 forces to start... [22 Nov 2006]
Fingerprints analysed on the beat
News 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 plate checks out on the beat. [11 Jun 2008]
ID card 'will drown in a billion mismatches'
News The Home Office refuted allegations that the scheme would be swamped with false matches, citing the example of two already operational schemes larger than the ID card - the FBI's fingerprint database with more than 50... [26 Sep 2008]
Can biometrics secure the public's data?
Comment Fingerprint or iris recognition is being used at some organisations to enable employees to log on to the network, thus ensuring only authorised employees can access certain parts of the network. There are numerous... [23 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com: Games skills gap, student outsourcing, ID card fears
Comment Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors 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]
One million ID cards every year from 2009
News 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 of examples of ID... [25 Sep 2008]
ID cards: Gov't slaps on fines of up to £1,000
News Penalties ranging from £125 for not notifying the government of the loss of an ID card, to £250 for not applying for a card or missing an appointment for fingerprint and facial scans, were revealed in the Home Office... [26 Feb 2008]
Gov trumpets ePassports successes
News Seven out of 10 of these matches were due to fingerprint data previously collected in the UK from individuals who had attempted to claim asylum before, according to the government. Speaking at a Westminster eForum,... [13 Jul 2007]
'Uncloneable' biometric passports pass the test
News 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 measures to guard the data... [22 Sep 2008]
Accenture and BAE Systems abandon ID cards
News And also the replacement and upgrading of systems for fingerprint matching and storage in connection with immigration and visa requirements and transition to the replacement service. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards [25 Jan 2008]
UK passports face massive price hike
News 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 adult applicants. [10 Oct 2007]
