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Re: [SIMSOFT] machine shop -Biometrics Slouches Toward the
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Frantz)
Thu Sep 26 20:10:34 2002
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Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 11:49:20 -0700
To: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com>,
cryptography@wasabisystems.com
From: Bill Frantz <frantz@pwpconsult.com>
At 7:34 AM -0700 9/26/02, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
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>Status: RO
>To: rah@shipwright.com
>From: Simson Garfinkel <simsong@lcs.mit.edu>
>Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 23:03:40 -0400
>
>My first column is on biometrics. You can find it at
>http://www.csoonline.com/read/090402/machine.html ;
>I've reprinted it below
>
>Machine Shop
>Biometrics Slouches Toward the Mainstream
>Badge Cams
>Steganography Tools Biometrics Slouches Toward the Mainstream
>The systems are getting cheaper, but accuracy and acceptance kinks remain
>BY SIMSON GARFINKEL
>WITH FACE recognition systems turning up in airports, ...
The last time I flew, I was scanned with a face recognition system. The
airline employee who checked my ID looked at the ID, them my face, then the
ID, them my face ... It seemed to work quite well.
Cheers - Bill
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