http://www.seanconvery.com/weblog/2006/09/06/stirring-the-biometric-pot/ Ruminations on Information Technology Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:43:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.seanconvery.com/weblog/2006/09/06/stirring-the-biometric-pot/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Daniel Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:06:56 +0000 http://www.seanconvery.com/weblog/2006/09/06/stirring-the-biometric-pot/#comment-33 I couldn't understand some parts of this article Stirring the Biometric Pot, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting. I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Stirring the Biometric Pot, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

]]> http://www.seanconvery.com/weblog/2006/09/06/stirring-the-biometric-pot/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Sean Convery » Blog Archive » More Biometrics Bad News Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:58:25 +0000 http://www.seanconvery.com/weblog/2006/09/06/stirring-the-biometric-pot/#comment-32 [...] Kim Cameron’s blog pointed me to this, though the paper’s header seems to indicate it was published in 2003. Late last year I revisited my thinking on Biometrics here; it all still applies. Any security system will have vulnerabilities of some sort or another. One of the considerations though, is what the impact is of any single vulnerability. With biometric systems, because the same biometric data can be used in multiple places, the impact could well extend beyond the exposed system. This makes the security of your biometric data only as strong as the weakest place that stores it. When that reality is coupled with the truism that you can’t revoke your biometric data, we wind up with a real problem. [...] [...] Kim Cameron’s blog pointed me to this, though the paper’s header seems to indicate it was published in 2003. Late last year I revisited my thinking on Biometrics here; it all still applies. Any security system will have vulnerabilities of some sort or another. One of the considerations though, is what the impact is of any single vulnerability. With biometric systems, because the same biometric data can be used in multiple places, the impact could well extend beyond the exposed system. This makes the security of your biometric data only as strong as the weakest place that stores it. When that reality is coupled with the truism that you can’t revoke your biometric data, we wind up with a real problem. [...]

]]> http://www.seanconvery.com/weblog/2006/09/06/stirring-the-biometric-pot/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Sean Convery » Blog Archive » DIDW: How Identity is Overused and Misunderstood Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:26:33 +0000 http://www.seanconvery.com/weblog/2006/09/06/stirring-the-biometric-pot/#comment-31 [...] Tend towards insecurity - Identity fraud is made easier by the existence of SSN. Single key system means one error compromises multiple systems [SJC: Sounds like some of the issues with biometrics] [...] [...] Tend towards insecurity – Identity fraud is made easier by the existence of SSN. Single key system means one error compromises multiple systems [SJC: Sounds like some of the issues with biometrics] [...]

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