Biometrics Out The Ass In Singapore
"Biometrics, the science of using behavioural traits such as fingerprints or facial features for identification, is catching on in Singapore.
Industry players say most Singapore organisations, ranging from schools to slimming centres, have taken to biometrics to control access to secured areas.
And they believe that the use of biometrics in data and network security will gain popularity as the industry matures.
It will not be long before more Singaporeans start using fingerprint or 2D facial scans for identification purposes."
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Canada Re-examines Anti-Terrorism Act
"The legislation was introduced shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., to give government new powers to detect, fight and prevent terrorism.
Critics say the law infringes on people's freedom and invades their privacy. Civil rights groups argue that rights are being eroded in the name of the very security biometrics is being developed to provide."
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Biometric Imaging Faces a Reality Check
"There was a period of time, post-September 11th, when biometrics was hyped. For instance, in 2001 it was widely believed that face recognition (FR) technology could be used in a surveillance application to accurately identify an individual. Today, 3-D FR promises to be a forensic tool in a similar way that fingerprint is today. Research and development on 3-D FR promises the future ability to take a partial image from a video and construct the entire face off that partial image, allowing for accurate identification."
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