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NYPD get portable fingerprint scanners
The NYPD were recently equipped with portable fingerprint scanners. The crime scene unit and warrant divisions will mainly be the ones using the devices at the scene of a crime. The police like these...
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Tupelo school district considers fingerprint use for lunches
The Tupelo school district is considering the use of fingerprint scanners for breakfast and lunch in what they say will make lines move faster, be more accurate, and give students more time to eat. In...
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Fingerprint scanner at UK bar is met with suspicion
There’s a new fingerprint scanner in Elmbridge and the upscale clientele at the bar have met it with skepticism and suspicion. The technology at Noir Bar is the first in Elmbridge and is in addition to...
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Hotel chain to use biometric scanners instead of room cards
CADD Emirates has announced that it will soon stop using the familiar credit card with mag stripe key cards for their hotels and replace them with scanners that read customer’s fingerprints. The new...
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Biometrics gain more inroads into the public school system
As another school year begins, many districts are seeing a push towards the use of biometrics to track students throughout their school day. Despite the fact that these systems can easily be thwarted,...
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Brazilian doctors bypass biometric scanners with fake fingers
It has been said many times that using biometric scanners as your only means of security is doomed to fail. They have been beaten before and, now, Brazilian doctors have devised a way to bypass...
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The airport checkpoint of the future
CNN‘s Richard Quest takes a look at new technology that could make airport security checkpoints safer and faster. The MorphoPass system aims to get everyone through security quicker, while providing...
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Biometric ID Cybersurveillance
Professor Margaret Hu’s important new article, “Biometric ID Cybersurveillance” (Indiana Law Journal), carefully and chillingly lays out federal and state government’s increasing use of biometrics for...
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Tuscon police equipped with automated fingerprint identification device
Tuscon police department have begun using a new automated fingerprint identification device on the streets. If the police stop you on the streets and you don’t have ID on you, they’re going to take...
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