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How Efficient Is Our Biometric Security System

I was reading this blog, where they had this post named Switch Fingerprints To Trick Hi-Tech Cops which talked about an incident that actually made me think about how insecure our biometric security techniques are.

The post had an incident to testify that. A lady named Lin Ring was deported from Japan named Lin Ring was deported from Japan in the year 2007. To be allowed tarvel, Lin Ring very ingeniously got her finger prints hacked – she got the left finger print to right, and the right to left. That was smart. However, that din???t help work. Immigration officers suspected the scars on Lin Ring’s fingers and started the investigation. Needless to mention , what happened next.

According to the post Lin had got her surgery done at a private clinic after paying about 9000 pounds ($ 14600). Good money, I would say, but not good enough to escape the scars. Lin Ring had smartly worked her way out, but those faded scars were enough to get the officers suspect her.

The iris recognition (it is a method of biometric recognition which uses an individual’s iris pattern. Iris recognition makes use of camera technology) system was perhaps a result such incidents. And this system (iris recognition) is not an easy method even for {ace hackers to hack}. But then it has other disadvantages to it like, poor picture quality, effective only from a very close distance, and will take good time to reach all security places as the investment that goes into setting up the entire system is too high.

Also, commercial iris recognition systems can be fooled easily by giving them a clear picture of the face and not the real face that needs to undergo the test.

Having said that, iris recognition if carried out everywhere can really help strengthen security.

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