biometrics

An attendee holds an American flag at a U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services naturalization ceremony in Miami, Fla. in Aug. 2018. The Trump administration is considering expanding its collection of biometric data as part of the immigration process.

Politics & Government

Trump Administration Seeking To Expand Collection Of Biometric Data From Immigrants

11:25pm September 01, 2020

by Rachel Treisman

The proposed policy, which DHS called "imminent" on Tuesday, would allow the government to demand more personal data from more people as part of the immigration process.

Ashok Kumar distributes government food rations to customer Leela Devi at his shop near Ramgarh, in India's Jharkhand state.

India's Biometric ID System Has Led To Starvation For Some Poor, Advocates Say

8:45pm October 01, 2018

The world's biggest biometric system, with iris scans of 1.2 billion people, was designed to help the poor. But it has sparked concerns about privacy and in some cases has exacerbated starvation.

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Michigan State University researchers Sunpreet Arora (left), Anil Jain (center) and Kai Cao (right) tried 3-D printed fingertips and 2-D fingerprint replicas on conductive paper to unlock a murder victim's phone, similar to one in the photo.

Police Use Fingertip Replicas To Unlock A Murder Victim's Phone

4:52pm July 27, 2016

by Riley Beggin

Michigan State University engineers tried 3-D-printed fingertips and special conductive replicas of the victim's fingerprints to crack the biometric lock on his Samsung Galaxy phone.

Biometrics are increasingly replacing the password for user identification.

Biometrics May Ditch The Password, But Not The Hackers

2:52pm April 26, 2015

by Aarti Shahani

Companies are investing in more secure methods to verify people. But even biometrics — like fingerprints and voice recognition — can be defeated, and they raise privacy concerns.

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