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ATM Iris Recognition Coming Soon
Anonymous Cow writes "In Australia, iris technology is already being used by Qantas Airlines, Sydney Airport, foreign embassies, some banks and TAFE colleges, the Australian Protective Services, the Defence Department and the Police Integrity Commission. It is predicted that within five years every ATM in Australia will have iris recognition technology."
What if I do a minority report style change my eyes?
How do you explain that one to the bank.
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"Things that you own end up owning you" - Tyler Durden (via Diogenes of Sinope).
Oh great, now when someone wants to rob me they dont just stick a pistol in my back they rip my eye out like Wesley Snipes did.
Excuse me sir, can EYE talk to you???
THE MAGIC WORDS ARE SQUEAMISH OSSIFRAGE
Is that the Async transfer mode lines will implement iris recognition... ehh...
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That's 2 quesions.
Sorry. couldn't resist
"Give a woman two glasses of wine and some pad thai, and they'll agree to just about anything." the Sports Guy
My concern exactly. Also, what about black eyes, pinkeye, or some sort of serious facial injury or issues with contact lenses possibly inhibiting a correct scan or one of about a billion other variables? I'm not familiar enough with the tech involved to comment intelligently on the things that could mess up an otherwise good iris, but someone with two glass eyes would certainly throw things off for any system I can imagine. Possibly a blood/DNA scan for those people who don't have "valid" irises to scan? Is anyone else thinking that TV commercial with the password/blood sample/hair sample security system on all the office PCs where the entire staff was bald? I have seen the future, and it makes me queasy.
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As long as they help kick iraqi ass, and speak in a humorous accent, they can do what they want.
I said "yeah, its a nickname," and the man actually believed me.
And accepted the payment.I once inserted my ATM card and just after, the machine experienced a malfunction and kept my card (apparently for security reasons)... ...I'd hate to see when happens if the ATM malfunctioned as you were putting your eye to the device...
So rise up, all ye lost ones, as one, we'll claw the clouds.
They'll scan the eyes of the guiding dog ;)
No doubt about it. I'd be a bit weary of sticking my eye up to some grungy, downtown ATM and "hoping for the best." I can already see the future of pranks, like catapulting acid into my retina. Ouch.
All I have to to is aquire one of Bill Gates' eyeballs and I'll be able to quit my job!
Trolling is a art,
I'm just thinking of the cashier at the supermarket checkout counter, rolling items over and over the scanner until the machine reads the UPC.
I predict neck injuries!
quiquid id est, timeo puellas et oscula dantes.
The article reads like a press release by the chowderheads behind the conference.
;).
Five years my ass. The installed base of ATMs is enormous -- and iris scanners aren't cheap.
Although I must say it would be very very funny to be able to mount a DOS attack on an ATM machine merely by smearing Vaseline(TM) in front of the iris scanner
ROFLMAO
god knows, if that were to happen in our little town, no one would ever use that ATM again. FOREVER! Heck, folks here are just beginning to USE an ATM
LFS. Have you built your system today?
Just great... Now, instead of worrying about having my ATM card stolen, I have to worry about spoon-wielding sickos.
...until somebody loses an eye!
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