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ID cards are dead
Comment Although passport applicants will have to give up their biometric scans for the national register they won't be required to pay £30 (again that's the government's estimate - critics put the cost much higher) for an ID card to go with their £70... [07 Mar 2008]
Biometrics cuts days off UK visa processing
News Fingerprint scans and a digital photograph have been taken from all UK visa applicants since January 2008 at all of the UK's 150-plus issuing posts. The system speeds up the process by checking a visa applicant's ID and biometrics against a... [05 Mar 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News Another major advantage is that a single document or card could work with different biometric readers across the world by containing biometrics ranging from fingerprints to iris scans. Finn said that future security systems will rely on e-passports... [21 Feb 2008]
FBI proposes global biometric criminal database
News The so-called "server in the sky" database would share biometric data, such as fingerprints and iris scans, of criminals internationally. UK police are in talks with the FBI about an international biometric database to track down the world's most... [15 Jan 2008]
Top 10 government IT stories of the year
News Up to 900 patients faced being called back to have scans repeated. The cost of a passport was predicted to increase substantially over the next five years because they will contain electronic data such as biometrics. [19 Dec 2007]
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. These traits are used to identify people by certain characteristics that are either... [23 Nov 2007]
Biometric airport security gets thumbs-up
News Fingerprint and iris scans were used for screening more than 3,000 passengers who volunteered to take part in the trial on Cathay Pacific and Emirates flights to and from Dubai and Hong Kong. The manual check before security is then replaced by an... [20 Jun 2007]
Voice Biometrics as a Natural and Cost-Effective Method of Authentication
White Paper In the past, voice biometrics took a back seat to other physical biometric methods of identification and verification, such as fingerprints, facial recognition and iris scans, but new algorithms and more robust computer processing power have... [13 Apr 2007]
Crime of the future - biometric spoofing?
News Although biometric security systems - using fingerprints, iris scans and facial recognition - are only just now entering the mainstream, they are likely to be common within a few years. Read silicon.com's A to Z of biometrics for the lowdown on... [20 Jul 2006]
Researchers pore over biometrics spoofing data
News Iris scans work well but are commercially impracticable. Voice authentication is fairly accurate and tough to spoof, say advocates, but it can be affected by a bad phone connection. Sweaty hands might make you unpopular as a dance partner but they... [22 Dec 2005]
silicon.com gets a UK biometric ID card
Comment The UKPS operator taking my scans says there have been none of the problems highlighted earlier this year by MPs from the Home Affairs Select Committee who claimed long eyelashes, watery eyes and eye complaints could render iris scanning useless... [12 Aug 2004]
Biometrics: Eyes, ears, face or voice?
Comment Iris scans still have very high costs; fingerprint readings can be easily affected by dirt on the fingertips, worn skin, or very thin skin, while facial recognition is also still costly. Plans for a national ID card in the UK that will use either... [15 Dec 2003]
Passports replaced by iris scanning in Amsterdam
News Biometrics, such as retinal scans, handprints and voice recognition, have long been heralded as the future of security, but the Schiphol scheme is the first public trial of its type. Schiphol airport in Amsterdam is trialling a new system to scan... [30 Oct 2001]
Biometrics: When will the industry come to its senses?
Comment Iris scans are seen as intrusive but can work as a high security application for military or police. Biometrics uses a person's irises, thumbprints, voice and even facial features as unique identifiers, and these are near impossible to forge. [30 Nov 2000]
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