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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Biometrics


Fingerprints provide the most reliable method of identification because no two persons prints are identical to those of another individuals. Fingerprints can differentiate even identical twins. Technology is making our life easy and comfortable . It has brought the world closer. Whether it be shopping globally while sitting at home, managing bank account on a click, communicating with friends and families throughout the globe etc.. Technology always evolves good things as well as bad things. If it has given us online shopping it has also given us digital frauds, hacker prone web sphere, fake authentication and many more.
In this rapidly growing e-consumer market, just knowledge of a password, possession of magnetic cards(Credit, ATM Cards), smart cards or proximity cards will do the needful for digital thieves. Here in such scenario Fingerprint Scanning Devices provide full proof authentication . These Hi-security devices ensure that no one other than you can use the application .This compact device scans you fingerprint first time while registering and later uses that for verification whatever is your geographical location. There are various ways of getting fingerprint images but most commonly used methods are Optical Scanning & Capacitance Scanning. Any fingerprint scanner is meant for two jobs.
Capture the fingerprint image .
Verify it with pre stored fingerprint image.
The fingerprints Scanners have advantages over other Human Authentication devices like
1. You cannot misplace your finger.
2. You cannot forget your finger.
3. No one other than you can use your finger.
4. It (not all devices) accepts only living finger for authentication (unlike the movies you have seen where someone cuts off someone else finger and use it for authentication.)
5. You cannot guess nor hack fingerprints like passwords.

The real problem with the biometric security systems is the extent of the damage when somebody does manage to steal the identity information. If you lose your credit card or accidentally tell somebody your secret PIN Number, you can always get a new card or change you code. But if somebody steals your fingerprints, your’e pretty mush out of luck for the rest of your life. You wouldn’t be able to use your prints as a form of identification until you were absolutely sure all copies has been destroyed. There’s no way to get new fingerprints. But still fingerprints are popularly used as major Human Authentication devices. Being cost effective nowadays even in India many small and mid – scale companies have started using it for Time – Attendance and Payroll Systems. It has replaced eve windows login system, now forget the password just put your finger on the scanner and you are logged in.
Even home users popularly use fingerprint scanners for Door- locking systems, electronic safes apart from its regular use of Time Attendance , Payroll, and Access Controls etc.
It provides high level of customization for system integrators, Developers to develop those innovative system for their clients. Hence , software professionals throughout the globe, sue it extensively.

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