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Biometrics is the great double-edged sword of computing. It solves numerous problems. Biometrics involves the use of personal characteristics such as a fingerprint or retina map to verify who you are. Let's look into the future of biometrics first.
There is a popular tendency to regard biometric products as sci-fi mythology, but the reality is that biometrics is the future of the security industry and is quickly becoming recognized as the most accurate identification technology in the market.
The new trends include...
Access control facial recognition: Biometric technologies will permit authorized users entry to a property or to specific location in a building. Today, A4Vision uses a 3-D infrared facial recognition system to project subdued light onto a subject's face for optimal identification. But in the future, this biometric technology will be strengthened so that the subject will not have to be a just few feet away from the video surveillance cameras.
Facial recognition passive surveillance: Hidden surveillance cameras will be set up to monitor an entrance way of any type of building to accurately identify a potential suspect or terrorist against a database of millions of images in less than one second. Alerts will then transmitted to security personnel in real time.
Alert management: This is a fully customizable command center to guard against potential security breeches. The center uses real-time technologies to deliver security alerts to multiple locations through PDA (personal digital assistant) devices, and other mobile technologies.
But as more and more biometrics solution are coming in the liberty of an individual is questioned, this is one area where we have to build trust and mutual relationship to build the future, I still remember something a high school teacher ranted about when I was younger. She said that the Blacks of South Africa had no freedom and had to have identity cards just to move around the country. I always think of her when asked to produce a driver's license or credit card by a store clerk, or when I'm asked my social security number by someone who has no business asking, but will not approve something unless I give the information.
Biometrics takes the store clerk out of the picture and perhaps makes things easier, but at what cost to liberty? There is no doubt that a biometric infrastructure lies in wait, so I'm sure we'll discover the answer sooner than later. And sooner would be better than later while we have some backbone left.
There is a popular tendency to regard biometric products as sci-fi mythology, but the reality is that biometrics is the future of the security industry and is quickly becoming recognized as the most accurate identification technology in the market.
The new trends include...
Access control facial recognition: Biometric technologies will permit authorized users entry to a property or to specific location in a building. Today, A4Vision uses a 3-D infrared facial recognition system to project subdued light onto a subject's face for optimal identification. But in the future, this biometric technology will be strengthened so that the subject will not have to be a just few feet away from the video surveillance cameras.
Facial recognition passive surveillance: Hidden surveillance cameras will be set up to monitor an entrance way of any type of building to accurately identify a potential suspect or terrorist against a database of millions of images in less than one second. Alerts will then transmitted to security personnel in real time.
Alert management: This is a fully customizable command center to guard against potential security breeches. The center uses real-time technologies to deliver security alerts to multiple locations through PDA (personal digital assistant) devices, and other mobile technologies.
But as more and more biometrics solution are coming in the liberty of an individual is questioned, this is one area where we have to build trust and mutual relationship to build the future, I still remember something a high school teacher ranted about when I was younger. She said that the Blacks of South Africa had no freedom and had to have identity cards just to move around the country. I always think of her when asked to produce a driver's license or credit card by a store clerk, or when I'm asked my social security number by someone who has no business asking, but will not approve something unless I give the information.
Biometrics takes the store clerk out of the picture and perhaps makes things easier, but at what cost to liberty? There is no doubt that a biometric infrastructure lies in wait, so I'm sure we'll discover the answer sooner than later. And sooner would be better than later while we have some backbone left.
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