http://www.grumpyoldtechie.com/wordpress2 Rants and Raves about Technology by the Grumpy Old Techie Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:03:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.grumpyoldtechie.com/wordpress2/2008/04/01/be-careful-where-you-put-your-grubby-little-paws/ http://www.grumpyoldtechie.com/wordpress2/2008/04/01/be-careful-where-you-put-your-grubby-little-paws/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:05:39 +0000 Grumpy Old Techie http://grumpyoldtechie.com/wordpress2/?p=409 While we are talking about Jacob Zuma and company down here in SA, the Germans are debating the use of biometric data for identification. One of my favourite groups the Chaos Computer Club of Berlin has pretty much proven that using biometric data like fingerprints, retina scans or facial features are not such a good idea by lifting their minister of interior Wolfgang Schäuble’s fingerprints and then showing how easy it is to fool these sytems. more....

Tags: biometric data, body parts, ccc, chaos computer club, computer, demolition man, fingerprint system, fingerprints, identification, Jacob Zuma, shopping, war, Watch,]]> While we are talking about Jacob Zuma and company down here in SA, the Germans are debating the use of biometric data for identification. One of my favourite groups the Chaos Computer Club of Berlin has pretty much proven that using biometric data like fingerprints, retina scans or facial features are not such a good idea by lifting their minister of interior Wolfgang Schäuble’s fingerprints and then showing how easy it is to fool these sytems. more....

Tags: biometric data, body parts, ccc, chaos computer club, computer, demolition man, fingerprint system, fingerprints, identification, Jacob Zuma, shopping, war, Watch,
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