Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4391-1012259496-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:13:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 7936 invoked by uid 510); 28 Jan 2002 23:11:24 -0000 Received: from n25.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.75) by all.net with SMTP; 28 Jan 2002 23:11:24 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4391-1012259496-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [216.115.97.165] by n25.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Jan 2002 23:10:03 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 28 Jan 2002 23:11:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 96769 invoked from network); 28 Jan 2002 23:11:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m11.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Jan 2002 23:11:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.98) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Jan 2002 23:11:35 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g0SNCVj11990 for iwar@onelist.com; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:12:31 -0800 Message-Id: <200201282312.g0SNCVj11990@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:12:31 -0800 (PST) Subject: [iwar] [fc:Is.biometric.use.by.feds.premature?] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Is biometric use by feds premature? By Dipka Bhambhani, Government Computing News, 1/27/2002 <a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/17834-1.html">http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/17834-1.html> Before government agencies buy into biometrics for security, especially facial recognition, they should resolve the policy and privacy issues, said panelists at a forum yesterday sponsored by the Cato Institute, a Washington think tank. Since Sept. 11, governments have become obsessed by biometric technologies, said John D. Woodward Jr., senior policy analyst with Rand Arroyo Center, a nonprofit policy research institute in Santa Monica, Calif. "Pre-9/11 it was: Why do we really need this technology?" Woodward said. "Post-9/11, the view is: This is mainstream." Regulations are weak or nonexistent about sharing data obtained through biometrics, he said, and some jurisdictions are already using it haphazardly in public places. Dorothy E. Denning, a computer science professor at Georgetown University, said biometrics would simplify the growing volume of passwords and personal identification numbers that users must remember. But, she said, facial recognition, the biometric technology most favored by law enforcement agencies, could backfire-for example, on persons in witness protection programs. The consequences could be "extremely serious for people operating undercover," said Mark Rotenberg, president of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington. Identity theft is the No. 1 white-collar crime, he said, and a criminal need have only a single biometric match to be able to steal someone's identity. "A very serious inquiry needs to take place," Rotenberg said, and that doesn't even begin to consider individual privacy rights, he added. © 2002 Post Newsweek Tech Media, a division of Post Newsweek Media ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Sponsored by VeriSign - The Value of Trust When building an e-commerce site, you want to start with a secure foundation. Learn how with VeriSign's FREE Guide. http://us.click.yahoo.com/kWSNbC/XdiDAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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