[108057] in Cypherpunks
Biometrics PR
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Information Security)
Tue Feb 2 23:59:01 1999
From: Information Security <guy@panix.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 23:41:01 -0500 (EST)
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Information Security <guy@panix.com>
> .. How to avoid being perceived as "Big Brother"
I hope someone from Wired can attend. ;-)
> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:14:49 -0600 (CST)
> From: Bioweekly Email <bioweekly@biodigest.com>
>
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> The 1999 BIOMETRICS SUMMIT is just weeks away. If you have not yet made
> your reservation, you need to do so now. This is an excellent
> opportunity to obtain biometric information first hand and to visit with
> representatives from throughout the industry. Key highlights include:
>
> .. Understanding key technologies, how they work, costs and benefits
> .. Explore which biometrics really work and which show the most promise
> .. Achieve cost savings and increase efficiency
> .. Demonstrate proven results from biometric investment
> .. Using biometrics as a tracking and logistics tool
> .. How to avoid being perceived as "Big Brother"
> .. Develop end-to-end business solutions
>
> Representatives from the following companies and organizations are
> scheduled.
>
> .. Chase Manhattan Bank
> .. Visionics Corp.
> .. SAFLINK, Inc.
> .. CUNA Mutual Insurance Group
> .. Intelitrak Technologies, Inc.
> .. I/O Software
> .. International Biometric Group
> .. Veritel Corp.
> .. Biometric Digest
> .. Biometric Technology Today
> .. Polaroid Corporation
> .. NED Technologies
> .. Iriscan, Inc.
> .. Sensar, Inc.
> .. Veincheck
> .. and others
>
> Date is February 22-24, 1999 at the Radisson Barcelo Hotel in
> Washington, DC.
> For conference reservation information, contact Advanced Learning
> Institute at (312) 362-9100. Email to info@aliconferences.com
>
> Hotel reservations are at 202-293-3100
>
> .......................................................................
> Digital Biometrics, Inc. (Nasdaq: DBII) has received the Federal Bureau
> of Investigation's (FBI) Image Quality Standards (IQS) Certification for
> its DBI FingerPrinter CMS(TM) live scan fingerprinting system.
>
> Digital Biometrics, Inc. says it was awarded a contract initially valued
> at $8.8 million for 276 live scan fingerprint systems by the Immigration
> and Naturalization Service (INS).
I heard from someone who went through this fingerprint process. (a russkie)
He said it was awful. He kept giving them his fingerprints and they
kept looking at the results and telling him he had to do it again.
(he had to keep cycling around the large room)
No ink involved.
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> .......................................................................
> Unisys Corporation announced the immediate availability of SP BioPin
> fingerprint
> imaging, a solution that uses fingerprints instead of passwords to
> verify the identity of users.
>
> .......................................................................
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> Mytec Technologies Inc., announced that their fingerprint verification
> product, Touchstone(, has received Entrust-Ready(tm) product branding
> for 4.0 release of Entrust's biometric-enabled public-key
> infrastructure. This approval follows testing by Entrust Technologies
> for full compliance with their Identity API. Touchstone is also fully
> backward compatible with Entrust/PKI 3.0, their first to support
> biometrics.
>
> .......................................................................
> On January 6, 1999, Maryland Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
> announced a collaborative effort among the University of Maryland High
> Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Research Program, Lau
> Technologies, and the Department of Defense to bring facial recognition
> technology to the State of Maryland.
That doesn't sound good.
---guy
> .......................................................................
> Mr. Payroll, a check-cashing business that started in Amarillo, entered
> into an agreement with the H-E-B grocery company to install Mr. Payroll
> check cashing machines. At first, the two companies will set up 10
> machines in the Houston area at H-E-B Pantry Foods, which are smaller
> stores. Mr. Payroll's self-service check cashing machines use facial
> biometrics - and scan the customer's face - to check identification.
> Since the first Mr. Payroll machine in June 1997, the automatic check
> cashers have been deployed in 19 states in locations including
> convenience stores and groceries.
>
> .......................................................................
> A service of the "Biometric Digest," a monthly newsletter with weekly
> e-mail updates published by Biometric Digest, P.O. Box 510047, St.
> Louis, MO 63151-0047. Tel: (314) 892-8632. Fax: (314) 487-5198.
>
> "Biometric Digest" is an advertising-free technology newsletter
> dedicated solely to biometric identification technology. More
> information on the above is provided in the printed copy of the
> "Biometric Digest." You can obtain additional biometric information from
> our web site at: http://www.biodigest.com.
>
> The annual subscription is $255 in the United States and $325 outside
> the U.S. To subscribe, please send e-mail with your name, title, company
> name and address, email address, telephone and fax to -
> wrogers@anet-stl.com. We will send you an invoice.
