On 22/07/06 22:26 -0700, Abhishek Daga wrote:
--- Devdas Bhagat devdas@dvb.homelinux.org wrote:
WTF! I have no desire to have my promisciously available biometrics stored as identity mappings anywhere.
- Considers moving to the Himalayas and becoming a monk *
This concern has cropped up more than once with a diverse group of people about having their biometric information stored somewhere and open to abuse. While on the face of it this concern may seem reasonable, I do not see how different it is than having your signature, Pan card, Social security number (in case of US ofcourse) stored in a number of places as they all are open to abuse. True biometric is "more" fool proof.. but...
Consider the failure modes for biometrics. Then consider the failure modes for any of the other things getting compromised. Consider why identity theft is so big in the US. Finally consider how trivial it is to compromise biometric information.
Devdas Bhagat