I first started working with Biometrics back in the 1970′s in helping a graduate student develop a signature recognition system. Back then we were using mainframes, punch cards, a TTY33 and some very grainy EBCDIC artwork to help render the signatures. We never got very far, but we were able to make some interesting inroads. [...]
Tags: Biometrics·FBI·Facebook·Facial recognition system·Federal Bureau of Investigation·Google·Next Generation Identification·United States
For years, many of us have been divulging personal information without realizing what we’ve been doing or its consequences. Facebook has “struck gold” with its ability to get us to divulge almost everything about ourselves freely, and in real time. The data which is being collected is primarily being used to get a better marketing [...]
Tags: Android·Dasient·Ernst & Young·Facebook·HTTP cookie·International Mobile Equipment Identity·Neil Daswani·Privacy
Starting with the US Special Forces more than two decades ago, continuing with Iraq and now Afghanistan, biometric samples have been collected which allow our military to pick out individuals in a crowd. Much the same technology has been used throughout the United States by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to identify criminals [...]
Tags: Afghanistan·Biometrics·FBI·Federal Bureau of Investigation·Iraq·London·Special forces·United States·Wall Street Journal
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