[Clips] Say Hello to Voiceprinting

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On 14 Apr 2006 14:52:23 -0700, coderman wrote:
> On 4/14/06, R.A. Hettinga <rah at 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