Any feature of the body with a unique shape, size, texture or pattern — and that can be read by biometric technologies — potentially can be used to identify someone. Rapidly and accurately identifying people is useful. The police sometimes use biometric technology to ID criminals, disaster victims and missing children.
Any feature of the body with a unique shape, size, texture or pattern — and that can be read by biometric technologies — potentially can be used to identify someone. Rapidly and accurately identifying people is useful. The police sometimes use biometric technology to ID criminals, disaster victims and missing children.
Biometrics: A Digital 'Who We Are'
Biometrics are unique physical or behavioral characteristics that can be used to identify a person. These can range from fingerprints and facial features to iris patterns and voice recognition.
Before Reading
1.
Do you know any twins.
If they bear a strong resemblance to one another, are there certain features or characteristics you rely on to tell them apart?.
2) Have you ever had your fingerprints taken.
What was the reason.
What makes fingerprints so useful?
Could a digital ID wallet be a future-proof solution?
In its June 2021 proposal, the European Commission specifically suggested creating a digital id wallet.
According to the report (June 2021), digital identities based on digital wallets stored securely on mobile devices were identified as a primary asset for a future-proof solution.
Does Canada have a digital identity scheme?
Canadais also progressing with its federal digital identity scheme named Pan-Canadian Trust Framework, piloted by the Digital ID Authentication Council of Canada, a non-profit organisation (DIACC).
A national proof of concept project for a unified login authentication service called Sign In Canadastarted in the fall of 2018.
During Reading
1.
What is face-recognition software?.
2) Define “biometrics.”.
3) Provide some examples of features or characteristics that are useful in biometrics.
4) List some of the places where biometric data are being used.
5) How did Marios Savvides teach his computer program to enhance small and blurry images of faces?.
6) What makes the iris so useful in id.
What is a digital identity?
Usually issued or regulated by a national ID scheme, a digital identity uniquely identifies a person online or offline.
It can include:
attributessuch as :a unique identity number social security number vaccination code name place date of birth citizenship biometrics and more as defined by national law. Which countries are not required to implement a digital ID scheme?
However, member states are not forced to implement a digital ID scheme.
At the end of 2020, 19 digital identity schemes were interoperablein Europe in 15 countries:
Germany Belgium Croatia Denmark Estonia Italy Spain Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg the Netherlands Portugal the Czech Republic Slovakia and the UK (GOV.UK verify).