Tampa using cameras to scan for wanted faces--

Aimee Farr aimee.farr at pobox.com
Mon Jul 2 18:46:58 PDT 2001


Choate:

> > Visionic's FaceIt was just successfully tested on ViA's
> wearable computer.
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------
> > I asked this question elsewhere a few days ago...
> > -------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Biometric data is electronic code that is separate and distinct from
> > personal information.
> >
> > [ ] T
> > [ ] F
> >
> > Explain your answer:
>
> Neither. The wording of the question indicates a deep ignorance of data
> conversion and data set analysis. I suggest a good study course in A/D
> data conversion techniques as well as statistical correlation analysis.

Tell http://www.ibia.org/privacy.htm that.

> "Biometric Data" is the conversion of analog parameters converted to
> digital data and stored. It is used under the premise that by applying yet
> another algorithm (as opposed to the data conversion mechanism) the 1-to-1
> correspondance between data set and individual can be proven.

See? It worked on Choate. Yeah, I know...

~Aimee





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