Category Archives: Biometrics
My analysis of the FIDO Alliance
I’ve written a new Constellation Research “Quark” Report on the FIDO Alliance (“Fast Identity Online”),...
Opinion: Why NFC trumps biometrics.
This is a copy of an op-ed I wrote in IT News on 20 September....
How Bart Simpson might defend TouchID
A week and a bit after Apple released the iPhone 5S with its much vaunted...
Utopia
“Here’s your cool new identifier! It’s so easy to use. No passwords to forget, no...
The beginning of privacy!
The headlines proclaim that the newfound ability to re-identify anonymous DNA donors means The End...
Technological imperialism
Abstract Biometrics seems to be going gang busters in the developing world. I fear we’re...
The fundamental privacy challenges in biometrics
The EPIC privacy tweet chat of October 16 included “the Privacy Perils of Biometric Security”....
A response to M2SYS on reverse engineering
M2SYS posted on their blog a critique of the recent reverse engineering of iris templates....
The double standard in biometrics analysis
The reverse engineering of biometric iris templates reported at Blackhat this month has attracted deserved...
Understanding biometrics and their necessary fallibility
Most lay people get their understanding of biometrics from watching science fiction movies, where people...