Re: NY Times article on biometrics and border control
Hurdles for High-Tech Efforts to Track Who Crosses Borders By ERIC LIPTON The government's effort to collect biometric data to track foreigners visiting the U.S. has fallen far short of its goals. Well, this article is somewhat blurry. They start by Hoping to block the entry of criminals and terrorists whereas even immigration officers agree that that's not one of their goals. Fortunately, they then cite some politician: When it's all in place, there's still no real additional security or at least it's of marginal value which is, as we all know, correct. BTW, on some airports DHS does indeed take one's fingerprint and photos when leaving the country. They currently do so at Baltimore for example. What worries me is that all the information collected can be, and will be, misused eventually. What worries me even more is that the europeans now feel under pressure and happily will introduce the very same crap. Cheers, Stefan. --- Stefan Kelm Security Consultant Secorvo Security Consulting GmbH Ettlinger Straße 12-14, D-76137 Karlsruhe Tel. +49 721 255171-304, Fax +49 721 255171-100 [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.secorvo.de/ --- PGP Fingerprint 87AE E858 CCBC C3A2 E633 D139 B0D9 212B - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NY Times article on biometrics and border control
Thought this would be of some interest. Unfortunately, the article will not be visible after a few days, thanks to the NY Times' policies, and can only be viewed if you register. :( WASHINGTON | August 10, 2005 Hurdles for High-Tech Efforts to Track Who Crosses Borders By ERIC LIPTON The government's effort to collect biometric data to track foreigners visiting the U.S. has fallen far short of its goals. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/10/politics/10biometrics.html - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NY Times article on biometrics and border control
On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 01:24:07PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote: Thought this would be of some interest. Unfortunately, the article will not be visible after a few days, thanks to the NY Times' policies, and can only be viewed if you register. :( WASHINGTON | August 10, 2005 Hurdles for High-Tech Efforts to Track Who Crosses Borders By ERIC LIPTON The government's effort to collect biometric data to track foreigners visiting the U.S. has fallen far short of its goals. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/10/politics/10biometrics.html This link will continue to work: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/10/politics/10biometrics.html?ex=1281326400en=42aa99a66a58b368ei=5090partner=rssuserlandemc=rss (From the NYT link generator: http://nytimes.blogspace.com/genlink ) -- - Adam ** I can fix your database problems: http://www.everylastounce.com/mysql.html ** Blog... [ http://www.aquick.org/blog ] Links.. [ http://del.icio.us/fields ] Photos. [ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fields ] Experience. [ http://www.adamfields.com/resume.html ] Product Reviews: .. [ http://www.buyadam.com/blog ] - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
