Posts with keyword: biometrics

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A Defacto National ID from ID.me

Tue Feb 1 10:46:00 2022

Last week, I reported ID.me’s claim that they were not doing 1:many facial recognition. Turns out that’s not true… Whether you are a fan of or hate the idea of a national ID, ID.me is on the path to become one. I don’t think having a private third party run the national ID system is a good idea.
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IRS Using Facial Scanning

Tue Jan 25 13:51:00 2022

The IRS will use ID.me's authentication and identity proofing service exclusively starting sometime this summer. The identity proofing portion employs facial scanning by a third party, causing some concern.
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Cancelable Biometrics

Wed Feb 21 11:02:00 2007

One of the problems with biometrics is that they're difficult to reset. Lose your password, you get a new one. If someone compromises your biometric data, how do you get new fingerprints? The invariance over time of biometric data is one of it's greatest strengths as well as one of it's greatest weaknesses. The biggest threat isn't that someone will steal your fingerprints, retinas, or other body parts from you (action movies being the obvious exception). Rather, it's that once the biometric data (features) about the artifact have been stored in the computer, they can be stolen and replayed.
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