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Iris Scans Are the New School IDs

Posted by timothy on from the sir-your-frog-is-boiling-even-as-we-speak dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Winthrop University in South Carolina is testing out iris scanning technology during freshman orientation this summer. Students had their eyes scanned as they received their ID cards in June. 'Iris scanning has a very high level of accuracy, and you don't have to touch anything, said James Hammond, head of Winthrop University's Information Technology department. 'It can be hands free security.'" I wouldn't want to be locked out a building because of a scratched lens or a system outage, though.

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  1. How would that be different... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    from being locked out due to a broken/lost/defective key/card/etc in any other building access system...?????

  2. What are we doing to our children? by Presto+Vivace · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We are conditioning them to live in a police state.

  3. Again, biometrics are not good for authentication. by LeifOfLiberty · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Biometrics are good for surveillance but not for authentication. A good authentication method supports revocation of an identification key, such as would be needed in the event of its compromise. It should not be trusted as a factor in authentication either, for the same reason. Great for theater though I suppose. Article about it here growingliberty.com/thumbs-down-for-fingerprint-identification