http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/01/11/security-review-biometrics/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:55:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/01/11/security-review-biometrics/#comment-151 Mike McDonnel Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:06:11 +0000 http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/01/11/security-review-biometrics/#comment-151 I am usually a few years behind the times when it comes to me and technology. However, I got tired of my kids losing the key that I gave them to our house so I bought a keypad. Then, the first thing that they did was tell every kid in the neighborhood the password. I had kids coming in to my garage throughout the day to get popscicles out of our garage freezer. I decided to spring for a biometric <a href="http://www.tdsupplies.com/keypads.html" rel="nofollow">liftmaster keypad</a>. It's served me well and makes me feel at least a little ahead of the times.It is interesting how my opinions on privacy shift when the proverbial shoe is on the other foot. I am usually a few years behind the times when it comes to me and technology. However, I got tired of my kids losing the key that I gave them to our house so I bought a keypad. Then, the first thing that they did was tell every kid in the neighborhood the password. I had kids coming in to my garage throughout the day to get popscicles out of our garage freezer. I decided to spring for a biometric liftmaster keypad. It’s served me well and makes me feel at least a little ahead of the times.It is interesting how my opinions on privacy shift when the proverbial shoe is on the other foot.

]]> http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/01/11/security-review-biometrics/#comment-27 sky Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:06:57 +0000 http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/01/11/security-review-biometrics/#comment-27 I know this is kinda obscure, but what about physically disabled people who are physically unable to use certain biometrics. Someone without control of their hands would need help lifting their fingers to the fingerprint scanner, but it could be even worse than that. Someone might be missing all their fingers/hands/arms and thus not have any fingerprints to scan. Or in the case of something that scans retinas, someone might have lost both eyes in an accident. Terrorists could even cut off part of someone's body to prevent them from using a certain biometric system. What kind of legal ramifications would we run into if a disabled person that needed to access something could not because of the biometric process that was currently set up. Would the law require the company/government agency to revamp their biometric system to accommodate the disabled? Would they be assigned a physically healthy buddy that is their security clearance? Would any new security vulnerabilities be created by the work around created? Admittedly, this problem is many years away, and even then, still so rare we might never hear about it. I know this is kinda obscure, but what about physically disabled people who are physically unable to use certain biometrics. Someone without control of their hands would need help lifting their fingers to the fingerprint scanner, but it could be even worse than that. Someone might be missing all their fingers/hands/arms and thus not have any fingerprints to scan. Or in the case of something that scans retinas, someone might have lost both eyes in an accident. Terrorists could even cut off part of someone’s body to prevent them from using a certain biometric system. What kind of legal ramifications would we run into if a disabled person that needed to access something could not because of the biometric process that was currently set up. Would the law require the company/government agency to revamp their biometric system to accommodate the disabled? Would they be assigned a physically healthy buddy that is their security clearance? Would any new security vulnerabilities be created by the work around created? Admittedly, this problem is many years away, and even then, still so rare we might never hear about it.

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