Links on biometrics

The following links give overview of biometrics and their applications and discuss related ethical issues.

• A very brief overview of biometrics which I wrote for one of my classes.
• An overview of biometrics (Pattern Recognition and Image Processing Lab at Michigan State University).
• Biometric Recognition: Security and Privacy Concerns by S. Prabhakar, S. Pankanti, and A. K. Jain, IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 33-42, March-April 2003.
• IBG BioPrivacy Initiative
• Biometrics comparison chart from National Center for State Courts.

Recent news articles:

• ABC news: use of finger scan for foreigners applying for US visa.
• Using biometrics for security checks at airports
• Who's Who (Can digital technology really prevent identity theft?): an article by Paul Wallich in Scientific American.
• Biometrics Advocacy Report from IBIA (International Biometric Industry Association).
• Police check football fans faces against a crminal database (The Washington post).
• A fascinating article in a German online magazine c't about different ways of tricking biometrics access control systems.
• Use of DNA database to identify criminals. Also, DNA used to identify a kidnapped girl 6 years later.