[117405] in Cypherpunks
Biometrics Makes Scents For Computer Users (was Re: ECARM NEWS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Thu Sep 2 16:56:49 1999
Mime-Version: 1.0
Message-Id: <v04210125b3f483525187@[204.167.100.138]>
In-Reply-To: <199909021800.OAA24504@marcella.ecarm.org>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 15:41:39 -0400
To: cryptography@c2.net, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed"
Reply-To: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
At 2:00 PM -0400 on 9/2/99, ecarm-news@ecarm.org wrote:
> Title: Biometrics Makes Scents For Computer Users
> Resource Type: News Article
> Date: Sep 1, 1999 (6:53 AM)
> Source: TechWeb
> Author: Mo Krochmal
> Keywords: BIOMETRICS ,IDENTIFICATION ,NEW TECHNOLOGY ,POPULARITY
>
> Abstract/Summary:
> NEW YORK -- The day may come when a computer can identify its
> user by body odor, said a biometric security consultant Tuesday.
> Biometrics is a technology that takes digital measurements of
> biological characteristics such as fingerprints or voices and
> compares them with a version stored in software to verify a person's
> identity.
>
> These tools are becoming more popular as a form of identification as
> the technology needed becomes increasingly sophisticated and less
> expensive. Already, vendors are selling fingerprint recognition
> technology on computer keyboards or iris recognition for automated
> teller machine manufacturers.
>
> Original URL: http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990901S0009
-----------------
Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com>
The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/>
44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
