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Friday, June 10, 2005

FaceKey
"FaceKey Corp. is a biometrics technology provider that provides supreme security solutions for their customers by utilizing proprietary biometric technologies that identify and allow access to authorized personnel. FaceKey's technology combines face and fingerprint recognition providing the highest level of security available, reducing fraud and providing better accountability. By combining these identification technologies, FaceKey's products are used for a wide variety of applications ranging from securing corporations' confidential areas and PC access to effectively monitoring time and attendance of employees."
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They've taken Morroco
"Cogent Inc. said Friday it received a $34 million contract to install its Automated Fingerprint Identification System for a national identification program in Morocco.

LiveScan4ALL?
"Biometrics4ALL, Inc., announced today that the company has launched a FBI certified LiveScan4ALL product suite. The LiveScan systems are in compliance with the FBI's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) highest quality specification (the AppendixF). The LiveScan4ALL product suite revolutionizes the LiveScan industry by offering a more intuitive graphical user interface and a technology that actually prevents operators from making manual mistakes during descriptor entry, hence significantly reducing submission rejections.

Live scans 4 all? Are these people insane? They're not even trying to hide it anymore!
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Written at 11:32 PM by rene - PermaLink

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Anonymous said...

I know the principal at Biometrics4All, and can clarify that the "all" does not mean all PEOPLE, but all POLICE AGENCIES. A live-scan workstation is much more expensive than a card and some ink, and the company is trying to enter the market with a cost-effective system that the small agencies can afford...and an intuitive system that the agencies can use.

3:34 PM

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fuNctioN cReeP: is what occurs when an item, process, or procedure designed for a specific purpose ends up serving another purpose for which it was never planned to perform.

Big Brother: an entity that is able to watch over all our actions in a unknown restrictive, controlling way with covert technology or other clandestine activities. It is commonly used to refer to a fear of the day when we will have zero privacy, due to government surveillance and personal accurate knowledge. The term was born from George Orwell's book "1984" where a government controls its citizens through continual surveillance.

The 4th Amendment: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

Panopticon: first used by Jeremy Bentham as an architectual model in designing a prison. The concept follows that you could save money by building a circular prison with a singular tower in the middle for the guard. By keeping the guard in the dark and all the prisoners in the light, those being guarded could not tell when they were being watched.

Surveillance: In the middle ages, Surveillance was a man on a horse who was called a "scout." Now surveillance includes satellite imagery and aerial photography, sometimes from unmanned aircraft, and computer network hacking. Some more common, everyday surveillance techniques include eavesdropping, dumpster diving, video monitoring, and RFID.

Biometrics: automated methods of recognizing a person based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic. Among the features measured are; face, fingerprints, hand geometry, handwriting, iris, retinal, vein, and voice. Biometric technologies are becoming the foundation of an extensive array of highly secure identification and personal verification solutions.

Iris Scanning is a method of biometric identification; pattern recognition is used to determine the identity of the subject. Iris scans create high-resolution images of the irides of the eye; IR illumination is used to reduce specular reflection from the cornea. The iris itself is a "good subject" for biometric identification, because it is an internal organ that is well protected, it is mostly flat and it has a fine texture that is unique even for identical twins.

RFID stands for Radio Frequency IDentification, a technology that uses tiny computer chips smaller than a grain of sand to track items at a distance. RFID "spy chips" have been hidden in the packaging of Gillette razor products and in other products you might buy at a local Wal-Mart, Target, or Tesco - and they are already being used to spy on people.

The VeriChip passive RFID device is the core of key VeriChip applications. About the size of a grain of rice, each VeriChip contains a unique verification number, which can be used to access a Subscriber-supplied database providing specific information. Once implanted just under the skin, via a quick, painless outpatient procedure (much like getting a shot), the VeriChip can be scanned when necessary with a proprietary VeriChip scanner. A small amount of radio frequency energy passes from the scanner energizing the dormant VeriChip, which then emits a radio frequency signal transmitting the individuals unique verification (VeriChipID) number.