[8272] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: UK Sunday Times: "Steal the face right off your head"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ted Lemon)
Mon Dec 11 23:14:52 2000
Message-Id: <200012120252.eBC2qRh00822@grosse.bisbee.fugue.com>
To: Bram Cohen <bram@gawth.com>
Cc: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>, "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com>,
Digital Bearer Settlement List <dbs@philodox.com>, cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: Message from Bram Cohen <bram@gawth.com>
of "Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:17:48 PST." <Pine.LNX.4.21.0012111516050.17140-100000@ultra.gawth.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 19:52:27 -0700
From: Ted Lemon <mellon@nominum.com>
> One of the reasons they decided to do the switch is that newer
> technologies ensure that the item in front of the scanner is in fact
> alive :)
All that this really means is that now the thing the criminal needs to
bring to the scanner is somewhat larger. It might actually *increase*
the risk to the person whose biometrics are being used, because now
there is a large, potentially dangerous person that you have to bring
with you who must remain attached to the authentication device, and
once you've gotten through the gate, this person's continued existance
becomes a liability. So instead of this person losing a limb, they
lose their life.
Of course, I suppose some crypto users might say "right, so what's
your point?" :'}
_MelloN_
