| Biometric safes are on of the most hi tech ways to | | | | one of the identifiers that seldom needs updating. |
| protect your valuable property. They're becoming | | | | This uniqueness of humans is one of the strength of |
| more and more popular as the technology gets | | | | biometrics, it's basically impossible to make one |
| better and better. Only 10 years ago, biometrics | | | | persons iris pattern look like someone else's. That |
| were the thing of movies and science fiction for | | | | isn't to say that a biometric security system can't be |
| most people, although biometric identification like | | | | fooled. One of the easier systems to trick is one of |
| retinal scanning did exist in super secure installations, | | | | the most common. |
| like military bases or government buildings as far back | | | | Some Disadvantages of Biometric Security |
| as 1981. What are biometrics exactly? It's methods | | | | Fingerprints are unique to individuals just like their iris, |
| for uniquely recognizing people based on an intrinsic | | | | and it's simple to take a fingerprint - no hi tech |
| physical or behavioral trait. Examples would be | | | | equipment needed. In fact we all know that law |
| recognizing people by fingerprint, voice, iris (of the | | | | enforcement has been doing it for years. However |
| eye), face recognition, etc. The strength of biometric | | | | it's easy to trick a biometric fingerprint system. The |
| methods to identify people is the uniqueness of | | | | television show Mythbusters fooled a fingerprint |
| individual, much like snowflakes no two people are | | | | recognition security system by using a high quality |
| exactly alike. Let's take a look at some of the other | | | | scan of a fingerprint. In fact many biometric systems |
| advantages and disadvantages of biometric security, | | | | can't distinguish between the real living tissue and a |
| and what applications biometrics have. | | | | high quality photograph. That is actually one of the |
| Advantages of Biometric Security | | | | biggest failings of a biometric system, the fact that |
| When using biometric methods characteristics need | | | | they can't determine between real and a photo. |
| to be used that are unique and universal. For | | | | Another disadvantage that has been mentioned by |
| example, eye color is not unique, there are many | | | | experts is that the danger to the biometric user is |
| people that have the same eye color. The pattern of | | | | increased. There was an 2005 incident in Malaysia in |
| the iris is unique to each individual. In fact it's one of | | | | which thieves cut off the finger of a Mercedes |
| the most universal traits, it has the fewest number | | | | owner to use it to start his biometrically protected |
| of people that can't use it of all biometric identifiers. | | | | car. |
| Because it's also something that doesn't change it's | | | | |