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At 07:52 PM 12/11/00 -0700, Ted Lemon wrote:
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>All that this really means is that now the thing the
>criminal needs to bring to the scanner is somewhat larger.
>It might actually *increase* the risk to the person whose
>biometrics are being used, because now there is a large,
>potentially dangerous person that you have to bring with you
>who must remain attached to the authentication device, and
>once you've gotten through the gate, this person's continued
>existance becomes a liability. So instead of this person
>losing a limb, they lose their life.
Er, how does the criminal's calculation of this change from
before? A guy who's going to (pardon the image) chop off
your hand to get past the hand-scanner is just not likely to
have many qualms about shooting you first, to keep you from
squirming or making too much noise.
Anyway, all an authentication mechanism can really do is
unlock when the authorized user wants it to unlock. It's
beyond its powers to figure out whether the authorized user
wants it to unlock because he's got a gun pressed against
his temple, or because he's just been handed a briefcase
full of $100 bills, or because he's a double-agent in the
pay of the bad guys for years.
> _MelloN_
--John Kelsey, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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...| into human nature and into the terrible consequences of
...| unbridled power.'' --Thomas Sowell, _Race and Culture_
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