Saw this on GII and thought it might be of interest to Silk.
Fingerprint database? Are they mad? To surf the net?
New 'Crish' software to track cybercafe users
By Amita Verma
Lucknow
May 27: "Crish", a newly-developed software, will automatically store
the photograph and fingerprints of Internet users in cybercafes in the
database of the computer, with the date and time of logging in, making
it extremely easy to identify persons who send out fake and
threatening emails.
"Crish", which stands for "Customer Registration and Identification
Software", has been developed by a Lucknow-based software company
called G.I. Biometrics.
Amit Kaushal, director of G.I. Biometrics, said that after the
software is installed, those visiting cybercafes will be identified as
soon as they sit in front of a computer to surf the Net with the help
of a web camera.
"The photographs and fingerprints of Net users will be automatically
stored in the database of the computer, thereby eliminating the need
to maintain a separate register of visitors at a cybercafe," Mr
Kaushal said.
In addition, with the use of the software, there would be no need to
prepare sketches of suspects who send threatening emails as their
photographs and fingerprints would be stored in the database.
This new software could prove to be a boon for law-enforcement
agencies in different states. The technical wing of the UP police has
already seen a demonstration of "Crish" and is making a technical
analysis of its various features.
http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/top-story/new-%E2%80%98crish%E2%80%99-software-to-track-cybercafe-users.aspx
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