Biometric Security And The Hackers
I was reading this blog, where they had this post titled Switch Fingerprints To Trick Hi-Tech Cops which gave details of an incident that actually made me think about how insecure our biometric security techniques can sometime be.
The post gave details of an incident to testify that. A lady named Lin Ring was deported from Japan named Lin Ring was deported from Japan in the year 2007. To be allowed tarvel, Lin Ring very ingeniously got her finger prints hacked – Ring got the left finger print to right, and the right to left. That was smart. However, that din’t really work. Immigration officers suspected the scars on Lin Ring’s fingers and started the investigation. Needless to mention that Lin Ring was caught.
The news says Lin had got her surgery done at a private clinic after paying about 9000 pounds ($ 14600). Good money, I would say, but not good enough to hide the scars. Lin Ring had smartly worked her way out, but those marks on the thumb and finger were enough to get the officers suspect her.
The iris recognition (it is a method of biometric recognition which uses an individual’s iris pattern. Iris recognition makes use of camera technology) system was probably a result such incidents. And this system (iris recognition) is not smart hackers to hack}. However it has other disadvantages to it like, unclear picture quality, ineffective from a far distance, and will take good time to get to all security places as the whole set up is very costly.
Also, commercial iris recognition systems can be tricked easily by giving them a clear picture of the face and not the real face that needs to undergo the test.
Having said that, iris recognition if carried out everywhere can really reduce crime rate.
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