Information Technologies and Privacy The afterm

While advocates of biometric security systems point out that such systems are far superior to traditional identity authentication measures (such as picture identification cards or badges), Grand (2002) noted that no biometric system is completely "fail safe." The American civil Liberties Union (ACLU) proved in a January, 2002, case in Florida that face recognition used by the Tampa Police Department failed to identify one single criminal or suspect listed in the department's photographic database over a 4 day period while falsely identifying 14 innocent citizens.

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ice/speech verification, and handwriting analysis. Genetic engineering technologies go even farther, offering tools to analyze the DNA components of human fluids and cells. Developing more effective identity authentication procedures for use as a counter-terrorism and identify theft prevention measure on the Internet and at physical point-of-sale locations is both advantageous and disadvantageous in the view of consumers (Groves, 2002). At issue, invariably, is the fear that the government (and, to a perhaps lesser degree, business) will use personal data obtained from biometrics to "keep tabs" on consumers and potentially to violate privacy rights. Images and a fear of "Big Brother" are seen as inhibiting the capacity of government and business with respect to the deployment of more sensitive and accurate identity authentication techniques. According to Lawton (1998), most biometric systems conduct a verification process, taking processed data from the person claiming to be the authorized user and compare that data to the stored data for the actual user. The other type of biometric system involves identification. This system reads a person's biological or behavioral characteristics and attempt to match the data from st
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