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The Biometric Society-Risks and Opportunities

2009

Abstract. The Biometric Society is defined here as a fictive future trend of the Information Society in which our daily life is dominated by biometric identification using a central database. This brings many benefits for users but at the same time enables an almost total surveillance. Already today one can observe permanently advancing data surveillance trends which are a by-product of state-ofthe-art technologies and services.

Biometrics: An Evolving Industry with Unique Risks

International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology (IJRASET), 2023

Biometrics is a cutting-edge technology that offers several advantages for access privileges and authorization. This security system has become an integral part of a variety of public and commercial sectors. The importance of growing private data for authentication solutions that increase mobile security is rising. Information security is required to prevent organisations' assets from falling into the hands of rivals, hackers, or cyberterrorists. This study explains how to avoid the biometric methods' concealed dangers. Compared to traditional systems, biometric applications are capable of providing much more identity management and recognition. In truth, the widespread use of biometrics services has substantial consequences for our understanding of the relationship between the person and the state. As with any technology, however, application-specific concerns and limitations must be taken into account. Research in a number of connected fields will lead to continuing progress. In this study, technical and engineering challenges as well as the advantages of contemporary biometric technology are examined.

Technological, legal, and sociological summary of biometric technology usage

ScienceOpen Research

The article presents biometric systems from three different standpoints. Technological standpoint, where the focus is laid on biometric system usage by the general public. Explaining basic terms and difficulties using various biometric characteristics. It also shortly describes how recognition works in several biometric characteristics (fingerprint, face, iris, and signature). After that is the legal standpoint, which is focused mainly on European Union law, where the often-mentioned GDPR is discussed, this basic legal regulation places a significantly higher standard than the previous legislation on the processing of biometric data as a particular category of personal data. Lastly, the article shows a sociological standpoint. In that part, different attitudes towards biometric technologies are discussed within the world population and different groups of the Czech Republic population. In the latest survey done by the authors in 2020 was found that age, and education play a vital ro...

Biometrics Technology and the New Economy

International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy, 2012

Over the past decade, biometrics technology has evolved from a technology used primarily in forensics and a narrow scientific and technological field to an indispensable technology in public and private sectors expanding into areas calling for advanced security. Biometric technologies provide high levels of security and reliability to address requirements related to identification and verification of personal identities. In light of the ever increasing requirements for robust identity management, biometrics industry is evolving to play a central role in shaping the future economy. This article provides a comprehensive overview of biometrics technologies, its functions, areas of application, related international standards, and recent advances in the field. The second part of the article looks at the application of biometrics in the government sector worldwide, and the emerging pivotal role of biometrics in consolidating the foundations of the digital economies and sheds light on the...

Future Effects and Impacts of Biometrics Integrations on Everyday Living

Volume 29, Issue 3, 2018

Identification and access have been a concept that has evolved over time as the need to constantly identify people and grant them access to sensitive and classified data and information became very important. The effect is felt in most organizations, especially multinational companies that deal in highly classified research that has to do with pharmaceuticals, technology, power as well as the human biology coupled with security. The most common form of implementation of biometrics is facial recognition, fingerprints, iris recognition, a retina scanner, and voice recognition into so many applications and scenarios. The integration of this biometrics has had a rising effect and impact of everyday life and has practically changed some daily routines. This paper will examine future integrations of biometrics and it will in time affect everyday life and routine.

Opportunities and Challenges in Biometric Technology

International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering, 2023

Biometric advancements have the potential to provide more robust security and authentication approaches compared to conventional password-based security measures. When compared to knowledge-based security, biometrics relies on what makes you unique rather than what you know. Biometrics offers promising opportunities to enhance security but also comes with its own set of challenges. Successful implementation requires attention to these possible flaws and a rise in user approval. This article explores the potential benefits of biometric security in an effort to ascertain how broadly adopted it is. It analyses the correlation between user approval and their opinion of the feature's usefulness and accessibility. It also examines crucial acceptability elements like social, organizational, and cost considerations. Biometric systems are a type of pattern recognition technology that may identify a person by vetting their claimed physiological and/or behavioural traits. The following concept of a biometric system can be very broad, which is problematic when thinking about the specifics of contemporary biometric applications. The use of biometrics has the potential to greatly improve upon the security of current methods of authentication and identification. The broad use of biometrics solutions, in fact, has significant ramifications for the way we think about the individual's place in society. However, certain factors and limits are taken into account in the context of the application area, as is the case with any technology. Further progress will be made as scientists investigate multiple, interconnected topics. This paper addresses technical and engineering concerns while highlighting potential applications of contemporary biometric technologies.

The Role of Biometric Technology in Information Security

The article is about the role of biometric technology in information security. The increased terrorist threat in the world has urged the biometric identification systems to be established in order to improve the safety systems. The advantages of biometric technology are shown to address the issues facing the authorities of law enforcement system, the state security system and the defense guarantee of the country on a national basis. The recommendations are given in this area.

Biometrics: In Search of Identity and Security (Q & A)

IEEE MultiMedia

To address the issues like identity theft and security threats, a continuously evolving technology known as biometrics is presently being deployed in a wide range of personal, government, and commercial applications. Despite the great progress in the field, several exigent problems have yet to be addressed to unleash biometrics full potential. This article aims to present an overview of biometric research and more importantly the significant progress that has been attained over the recent years. The paper is envisaged to further not only the understanding of general audiences and policy makers but also interdisciplinary research. Most importantly, this article is intended to complement earlier articles with updates on most recent topics and developments related to e.g. spoofing, evasion, obfuscation, face reconstruction from DNA, Big data issues in biometrics, etc.