Issues regarding Biometrics

ISSUES REGARDING BIOMETRICS
In America today, it is far too easy to conceal our own identity or assume the identity of another for the purpose of doing wrong. An individual can steal an identity by obtaining some easily discovered pieces of information about a person or by stealing a card or token that is used to identify the individual. To protect our identity, which is crucial in protecting our privacy, there must be a form of identification that cannot be learned, stolen or forged. The only effective means of accomplishing this is the use of biometrics. By using biometrics identifiers such as fingerprints, iris/retina, or facial patterns, a person's identity can be realized. Biometrics identifiers are of course widely used by people to identify each other – one might recognize a friend by the sound of her voice, the color of her eyes, or the shape of her face. Devices using biometrics identifiers attempt to automate this process by comparing the information scanned in real time a...