14 Apr
2006
14 Apr
'06
8:12 p.m.
On 14 Apr 2006 14:52:23 -0700, coderman wrote:
On 4/14/06, R.A. Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com> wrote:
... Say Hello to Voiceprinting Voice biometrics is poised to add more security to phone-based transactions in Europe.
still, the tech keeps getting (incrementally) better and it does provide an additional layer of defence. i'm not sure the currently excessive costs associated with this technology are worth the benefit though.
Yeah, this biometric seems trivial to defeat. Recording someone's voice is easy, and there is plenty of software out there for manipulating sound, which makes splicing phrases together quite simple. "Voiceprinting" is much more interesting in the context of surveillance. -Andrew