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1. Comment - Biometrics Come of Age

   (Nov 6, 2001 - 8:59 AM)

   Chris, the only "issue" that caused me to muse about deletion stems from my learning that a friend announced that his post HAD been deleted. BetaNews added Identix to the hyperlinks at the bottom of the article, but the links themselves are curious. Fidelica? A new entrant tied to Bioscript, and Veridicom, bankrupt and reborn overseas. Sheesh. Everyone claims to be a "world leader". Identix actually is.
   
   As for me asking why the posts to an article/advertisement for FP solutions seemed to focus virtually entirely on iris/retinal products, I think that was legitimate. I expected the common myth promulgators to post (spoofing scanners myths- dead finger, hygeine red herring, hackers myths), but not a peep about the true leader in FP (or for that matter, no comments about the pros and cons of facial recog, either)
   
   While you're certainly correct about iris scanning being virtually foolproof (as is FP), cost IS an BIG issue for many companies, as is the PASSIVE vs ACTIVE biometric debate and speed (tap of a fingertip vs. stop and stare), or the utilitarian aspect of broad deployments tied to existing databases. While fingerprint minutiae can't be reverse engineered into fingerprints, I believe it is backwards compatible with forensic FP dbases. Iris will have its niche, but FP will eventually become ubiquitous.

2. Comment - Biometrics Come of Age

   (Nov 6, 2001 - 7:47 AM)

   Was this article meant as an advertisement for Digital Persona? Why are all the questions focusing on the much more expensive retinal and iris scanning, both of which are still much too EXPENSIVE for broad use, do not have the following or acceptance of fingerprint minutiae-based biometrics, and worst of all, are considered PASSIVE (read INTRUSIVE).
   
   Identix has a much more extensive history in the biometric arena (TWENTY YEARS vs. 5 for U are U), superior software/hardware with a ZERO false acceptance rate (vs. about 50% failure rate for facial recognition), true end-to-end solutions that EDS, MOT, VRSN, Eclypsis and other big name companies are selecting (for major deployments in military, health care and financial arenas). IDNX has all three top tier box makers (CPQ, DELL and Toshiba) embedding or OEM'ing their products. The US Govt picked IDNX algorithms as the TEMPLATE for BioAPI-related security. IDNX is the ONLY company with products CERTIFIED for Win2000 and they're a gold certified partner of MSFT for WinXP (IDX was demoed in SanFrancisco AND 2000 MSFT sales reps carry Identix on their laptops to demo to potential clients).
   
   Wonder if my post will be deleted, too??