Iris scanning

[Sarad AV]

hi,

Thats the fuzzy factor and that limits the scope of
iris scanning.By the way how many people really get
caught by iris scans?

Sarath.


--- Harmon Seaver <hseaver at cybershamanix.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 11:04:34AM -0700, Bill
> Stewart wrote:
> > >
> > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3003571.stm
> > 
> > One thing the article said was:
> >         > The report found that iris recognition
> did better than most
> >         > but one manufacturer's claim of a 0.5%
> false identification rate
> >         > ballooned to 6% during the DOD tests.
> > 
> >         > With 13 million people currently on the
> FBI's watch list,
> >         > any large scale biometric system could
> mean millions of people
> >         > being detained when crossing borders.
> > 
> > While the point they're trying to make is about
> false positives,
> > the THIRTEEN MILLION PEOPLE ON THE FBI WATCH LIST
> just kind of slides by.
> > That's equal to 5% of the US population, on
> Federal watch lists.
> >         (Yes, obviously some of those are
> foreigners, but then half the US 
> > population
> >         are young enough that hopefully almost
> none of them attract 
> > Federal attention...)
> > What an outrage!
> 
> 
>    Yes, I noticed that. I was wondering (hoping,
> actually) that a large portion
> of those were outside the US, but even so...
> 
> 
> -- 
> Harmon Seaver	
> CyberShamanix
> http://www.cybershamanix.com
> 


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