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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."
But who keeps the database of the eyes?
-CowboyNick
I already have a problem with people who don't know how to operate the ATM as it is, now I have to wait even longer as they try to figure out how to hold their head just right for the machine to make a good reading. This will frustrate customers rather than unhinder them.
I have a father who is blind. His 'eyes' are made of glass and removeable.
How exactly is this system supposed to detect him?
Blaming GW Bush for the Iraq war is like blaming Ronald McDonald for the poor quality of food.
Does anyone who already worked with this system know how it deals with color contact lenses ? I assume it doesn't.
And is there any problem with regular contact lenses ?
While in College at Purdue my local bank used finger print recognition on some of their ATMs. I always found this convenient, as I didn't have to carry a card with me. Just stick your finger on the sensor and you have access to your bank account. The only thing that worried me about that was the fact that my fingerprints were then on file. And if I decided to become a criminal they could track my prints. This is why I feel Iris based recognition is so necessary. Who care if a bank knows what your eye looks like? Your certainly not going to leave a trace of that on any ransom notes you write.
If your identity is tied to your iris and someone steals that identity (iris image), you have to get a new eye. Bummer.
Here is how criminals, the paranoid, and people who want to use their wife/boss/mother's account will do so.
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Maybe I'm kicking a gift horse in the teeth here, but my wife loots my checking account on a fairly regular basis (Share and share alike when it's my wallet but not her purse.. I still haven't figured that out) I'd like to have the extra control on my card to lock out people that do have regular access to my wallet.
On the other hand, if I get thrown in jail or put in the hospital, she isn't going to be able to get to the funds to get me out.
A joint checking account is not a viable option unless I want to live in a cardbaord box.
Interesting quandry.
-beacher
Iris biometric devices also require some blood pulsing to be detected as well (as do fingerprint devices) so you cannot use a fancy glass eye, or an amputated eyeball.
Sorry guys, best go back to the privacy debate on this one.
Clearly, you have not heard about the gummy fingers.
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So what about lazy parents that need money and have Junior go grab his car and take Dads ATM card to the Bank and get him some money from the machine, used to have to run that errand frequently for my parents. This new system while creating better secuirty is also going to cause quite the hazzel.
"Nimis exalatus rex sedet in vertice - caveat ruinam!"
"Nimis exaltatus rex sedet in vertice - caveat ruinam!"
Laser eye surgery scratches the cornea. Not the iris, which, although the colors may change during your life, or even during the day, the patter of light vs. dark remains constant.
I seem to recall reading somewhere that babies seem to have large eyes because they do. Their eyes are the same size as adults' eyes, just in their smaller cranium.
-Xoder
I read somewhere (and I think it's a great idea) that all good security should have three things: something you have (in this case, your ATM card), something you know (in this case, your password), and something you are. This iris recognition completes the triangle. With all three of those systems in place (you need a card, password, and you have to be the right person) it gets quite hard to get at someone's money unlawfully through an ATM. Assuming (and yes, this is a HUGE assumption) that the database is kept securely, then this is good news.
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Does this mean I need to stick my eye up to a cup-thingy like at the optomatrist? ATM's get handled all the time, all day long. Seems like if not built properly, such a device could promote the spread of the common cold :(
*cough*
Iris biometric devices also require some blood pulsing to be detected as well (as do fingerprint devices) so you cannot use a fancy glass eye, or an amputated eyeball.
Can you back this up with anything? According to this article the iris is recognized by a single snapshot, not a "scan". How then could you determine if blood were flowing or not?
Every fingerprint ID device I've ever seen is comprised of a clear plate and a scanner. You could press a ham against it and it would take its picture.
Links? Support? Shooting things down arbitrarily doesnt fly with me.
Attention deficit disorder is a complicated issue, spanning several major... HEY LET'S GO RIDE BIKES!
The serverlocker my servers are in is retina-scan protected. The device that does the trick requires precise alignment to get a good scan, and every other time I have to do it twice. If there are three people in front of me I can just sit down on the edge of my briefcase because at least one of them is going to have a problem. Most of the delay after getting successive good scans is in the scanning device looking up the eye in the database 30-50 seconds, then it reject you you align your head again, scan, and wait another 30-50 seconds.....
Ugh.