[Gllug] Biometrics?

[Bernard Peek]

On Mon, 2009-03-23 at 08:10 +0000, Chris Bell wrote:
> Hello,
>    A report says that ID cards with biometrics may be a waste of effort. I
> understand that the DNA double helix is enormous, and there can be huge
> numbers of variations, so how big is a DNS ID record?

The amount of data in the whole genome is vast, so they don't store
that. Instead they use what amounts to a hash function. 

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