-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Linking back to a database through a RF medium is inherently insecure.Almost regardless of encryption or RX methods.Satellite, notwithstanding. MITM,possibly?Corruption of transmitted data?
Also,just getting a hold of a box or laptop could set someone up in a bad way!Same as now,only stepped up a notch. Any thoughts? Larry Seltzer wrote: > Why is it scary? Police have been using fingerprint evidence for > about 100 years. > > Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor > http://security.eweek.com/ http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ > Contributing Editor, PC Magazine > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of scott Sent: > Tuesday, December 18, 2007 8:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: > [funsec] This is scary > > - From the Washington Post > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/30/AR200711 > 3002302_pf.html > > snip > > Duong's most recent innovation, the Joint Expeditionary Forensics > Facilities (JEFF) project or "lab in a box," analyzes biometrics. > It will be delivered to Iraq at the beginning of 2008, the Navy > said, to help distinguish insurgents from civilians. > > "The best missile is worthless if you don't know who to shoot," > Duong said. > > Betro said the military has been scanning the irises and taking the > fingerprints of Iraqis, feeding a biometrics data base in West > Virginia > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/West+Virginia?tid=infor > mline>. To date, a few ad hoc labs have processed about 85,000 > pieces of evidence taken from weapons caches or roadside devices. > Duong's mobile forensic labs, with an initial budget of $34 > million, will be deployed all over Iraq. > > snip > > Hmmm.When is this going to be in the hands of every cop on the > street? > > Scott > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. - -- <b>redhowlingwolves</b> <br>Web:<a href=http://www.hacking-passion.com/> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHaKNoxajqy/aNaRsRAm0IAKCbht2jzkBKycMjlmQVntW2DvObFgCfb1p9 XU8tv7IVNJgxF9ydpcrNLVU= =J/Zh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
