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Cry To Beat Iris Scanners
Ant writes "The Register has an article on how crying beats iris scanners. An MP who volunteered to take part in the UK ID card trials says the iris scanner used is uncomfortable and made his eyes water... The water in his eyes actually stopped the scanner from working, and it seems long eyelashes and hard contact lenses could fox it too... So we're going to have a system that is derailed by a few tears and fluttering eyelashes?"
Hm, so technology meets the sterotypical cop: bat your eyelashes, cry a little and get out of the ticket.
A little learning never hurt anyone.
So we're going to have a system that is derailed by a few tears and fluttering eyelashes?
We already have a system like that. It's called Windows.
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So the only people that can be succesfully scanned are Vulcans? :)
I've never seen one of those cry
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"So we're going to have a system that is derailed by a few tears and fluttering eyelashes?" Yes. They're called women.
I bet sandpaper works too!
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I recently had a bad fall and ended up in hospital (no need to mention the shopping trolley and the amount of alcohol that caused this situation)
After some standard tests, the doctor spotted that one of my iris's (sp?) was larger than the other, which had something to do with the head trauma.
Basically that means that if you need to pass an eye scan, just drink lots, grab a trolley, fall on your head, and nothing will be able recognise you by your eyes any longer as the features of them will have changed.
(probably talkin s%$t, but i could be right, right??)
I have eyelashes long enough that they rub on most sunglasses I wear. They also blur my peripheral vision unless I open my eyes up really wide. How long do they have to be to interfere with such a system?
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I've never been game to trim them though
My daughters have inherited the long eyelashes though and they suit them much better.
I may just start selling signs that say "Secure Area: No Chopped Onions Allowed".
Why, oh why, is there not a "retarded" modifier?!
harmonious design
Yes - and fingerprinting is ever so discrimanatory against people without fingers! Lets start a petition!
But who's going to sign it?
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So we're going to have a system that is derailed by a few tears and fluttering eyelashes?"
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Yeap its called my love life
Jaj
While Bipolar bears are currently undergoing rehabilitation from severe mood swings.
Shouldn't be a problem. In fact you're more likely to be unique enough to be readily identifiable. Should mean you can avoid the dental checks, fingerprinting, ear morphology, anal gland scenting when you want to buy a packet of crisps.
is iris scanning a "good idea"?
Or does halley-burton own some iris-scanning patents?
In that case, I, for one, welcome our new techno info patent overlords.
"Dread"
Ironically, the creators of these systems are probably crying over this.
Nah, this is just what happens when starry-eyed techies meet the real world. The gadget works under perfect conditions, and now the field trials will shake out all of the practical problems that were not thought of in the lab.
I think the real impediment is going to be the natural trepidation of one who finds himself expected to submit his *eyes* to a machine which will decide whether he's good or evil.
"There are no people alive without a head"
True, but many without a brain.
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