[Gllug] Biometrics?

[John Edwards]

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 05:49:58PM +0000, John Hearns wrote:
> 2009/3/23 Chris Bell <chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk>:
>> 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?
> 
> I'm maybe not understanding this here.
> The financial sector was one of those interested?
> 
> So - you have a DNA signature on your bank smartcard. So in order to
> verify who you are the bank has to take a sample of your blood, or
> saliva, and put it into a sequencing machine?
> Morality and civil liberties arguments aside, there are some great
> business opportunities here for chemistry, physics and IT types.

But the main problem banks have with identifying customers is
not those physically present at the branch, but over the phone
or internet. Biometrics such as DNA, fingerprints, and retina
scans are all useless for this.

Biometric ID cards are useless at preventing identity fraud.


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