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Biometric Fingerprints? Am I some sort of criminal ?
By: Howard Lancaster

Fingerprint devices are the most popular form of biometric security used, small enough to be fitted to a flash drive, mouse, laptop or even seamlessly into the dash of a car.

As the systems improve by leaps and bounds the basis of identification is fundamentally the same but greatly improved. Standard systems comprise of the sensor (or eye) for scanning a fingerprint and a system of storage. The two usually are both on the same device.

Inside the database, the stored fingerprint is a "key" to more details about the user. The act of matching the fingerprints usually allows the user access or entry. Also the systems can be greatly enhanced to track time for payroll purposes, etc.

Companies are realizing they can operate more efficiently with such systems in place.

The cost of implementing biometric scanners in large organizations still quite costly and demands a lot of time, planning, resources and general acceptance before and during implementation.

Contrary though, smaller devices aimed at the home office, small business and home user are now very affordable and, given their level of security very cost effective.

These home and small office products are designed to protect your hard drive, flash storage, laptop/notebook from intrusion. Also these inexpensive none invasive security devices remove the need for the user to remember and periodically update multiple passwords.

The unfortunate thing about fingerprint scanning is its close ties to law-enforcement and criminals. The general feeling is one of "big brother" amongst the newer system users. The ink prints have been replaced with there digital offspring.

How does digital scanning work ? It relies on the fact that a fingerprint's uniqueness can be defined by analyzing the so-called "minutiae" in somebody's fingerprint.

Minutiae include sweat pores, distance between ridges, bifurcations, etc. An individual's fingerprint is scanned to identify 10 to 26 unique points of the finger, and a unique number is assigned to it creating a "template". Only this template is stored.

The template can not be reverse engineered to provide a fingerprint. This negates the ability of law enforcement or National Security being able to access everyone's fingerprints in all systems. So Big Brother really ISN'T watching.

It is estimated that the likelihood of two individuals having the same fingerprint is less than one in a billion. <1:1,000,000,000 Pretty good odds your system is as secure as secure can get.

As an access control device, fingerprint scanning has already been implemented and accepted by such high level places as the Pentagon, and military research facilities.

Banks are also among the principal users of this technology, and there are efforts of major credit card companies such as Visa and MasterCard to incorporate this finger print recognition into the bank card environment.

Large corporations, especially financial services see the cost of implementing far outweighing the cost of litigation should a major security breech ever show it's face.

Because of the ability of the Biometric Solution to be customized for individual business and institution needs, these systems can be the key to business that is more efficient in many ways. No longer will we need to carry I.D's. Scanning in and out will negate time disputes. Client confidence will be high due to strict security etc.

Biometrics is ushering in a new level of security for both business and its clients. The goal of the systems is to improve security first with improved efficiency a friendly side effect.

No we aren't assumed to be criminals nor will we be treated as such.

Article Source: http://www.excitingdestiny.com/articles

Howard Lancaster is a freelance writer based in South Eastern Wisconsin and a highly respected authority on Biometric security systems. www.biometric-security-guards.com

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