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Date: Wed Mar 1 21:00:14 2006 From: bpasdar at igxglobal.com (Babak Pasdar) Subject: Biometrics -- Bad for Security, Bad for Privacy! I was recently in a data center working with my team to roll out some new security gear for a client. I think it was Data Center company S or was it company G or Q. It doesn't matter, the experience is pretty much the same. You are confronted with someone, with barely understandable English, who is not necessarily pleasant and obviously does not want to be there. They are almost always from a company other than the one who is responsible for the Data Center. When at the sign-in desk going through the ID process I was asked: - For my government issued ID with picture - No Problem - My name was checked to see if it was on the list for access to the cage - Very reasonable. - I was asked to place my hand in the BioScanner for a biometric scan -- No Thank You! Read the rest... http://dsb.igxglobal.com/plugins/content/content.php?content.49 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 827 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/attachments/20060301/682072ce/attachment.bin -------------- next part -------------- _________________________________ igxglobal utilizes state of the art technology from PGP to ensure the safeguard of all electronic correspondences. This message could have been secured by PGP Universal. To secure future messages from this sender, please click this link and contact your representative at igxglobal for further information: https://keys.igxglobal.com/b/b.e?r=full-disclosure%40lists.grok.org.uk&n=4Njq7juzEf1Yn9MHjRn9Ow%3D%3D
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