Literature Review on Article 1 Evidence is showing that RFID skimming is a real threat to the privacy and security of credit cards and passports. Not only is there a threat to using the information on the card to transact but there is also the threat of having your identity known. You are able to pick up a person’s name, expiration date of the card as well as the card number. Once the thief has access to your personal information they can falsely represent you when phoning up a credit or debit card
Biometrics is, “the automated use of physiological or behavioral characteristics to determine or verify identity (biometricgroup.com, 2014).”16 The purpose of the paper is to provide information about different forms of Biometrics. With the ever increasing threat of terrorism at home and abroad, biometrics is emerging as a way to increase security across the world. It is important to point out current issues dealing with Biometrics and how they relate to people that may one day have to use them
Introduction The national identification system is method used by the government to help the public agencies in classifying and authenticating the identities of natives who are getting benefit of using the government services and who are doing the public operations. Usually natives are assigned to the identification number when they born or when they reach the legal age. Some countries involve both of their citizens and residents from different nationalities to have the national ID system. That depends
Should smart identity cards replace our old IDs, and are they really as safe as what they claim to be. An ID card is any document which may be used to identify a person or verify aspects of persons, personal identity which usually includes information such as the holders name, sex, date of birth and a photo of the person it belongs to. It’s normally given to the user through a government authority. ONLINE INDENTITY The importance of a digital identity? When meeting someone in person you are able
collecting and storing images for law enforcement. The body scanner can store not only the body but also facial and iris. Nimmo reports about how the government is starting a $1 billion effort to gather the largest biometric data base (Nimmo, 2010). The government has been collecting biometrics in efforts to identify criminals and terrorist. According to Ellen Nakashima, employers that have sent in fingerprints of employees to scan for criminal background checks can even use the digital system. It can
card. The proposed national identification cards would include features such as magnetic stripes, holograms, and integrated circuits. “This magnetic stripe is expected soon to contain a digitized fingerprint, retina scan, voice print, and other biometric identifiers, and it will leave an electronic trail every time you use it”(1). I feel that since September 11, 2001, many Americans feel insecure and unsafe. Research done by the Pew Research Center shows that, “seven out of ten Americans favor a
Most of us carry around a form of NIS which confirms our identity, like our drivers licenses. The National Identification System (NIS) card uses a type of biometric system like the iris to help to identify the person; one organization, which uses this form of identification, is the United States Immigrations office. My green card has my biometric fingerprint and information like when I first came to the United States and if was here as a resident or here in the US on a Visa. My card also let anyone
Now-a-day, biometric authentication system or simply biometric system, offers a reliable and user-friendly solution to the problem of identity management by establishing the identity of an individual based on “who the person is”, rather than the knowledge-based i.e. “what the person knows" or token-based i.e. “what the person carries” (Jain et al., 1999). The word biometrics is derived from the Greek words bios (meaning life) and metron (meaning measurement); biometric identifiers are measurements
The movie ‘Catch Me If You Can’ is based on the true-life story of Frank Abagnale. He was the youngest person to ever be put onto the FBI’s most wanted list. The movie tells his story. Frank Abagnale impersonated many people and forged many documents (many to include paychecks) over the period of 5 years. He was said to be the world’s greatest liar. Some of the documents that he forged included, but were not limited to, false identification cards, birth certificates, and of course paychecks. He got
A Stand Against National ID Cards The issue of national security is a highly discussed topic; however, the implementation of a national ID card would cost Americans their privacy safety and increase discrimination within the United States. The improving of the U.S.s national security is without a doubt something that is extremely important and vital to life in America. But, national ID cards for every citizen is not an ideal solution. National ID cards are not worth the sacrifice of privacy, safety
-the-art biometric identification service. NGI is a one point two billion dollar investment by the U.S. federal government. It will take a total of ten years for NGI to be fully activated. NGI is divided into six different stages, which are ten-print processing, RISC, national palm repository and latent searches,facial recognition and Rap Back,Iris recognition, and Tech refresh. The NGI Program Office’s main goals are to minimize terrorism and criminal activity by improving the current biometric identification
• Hospitality companies can gain feedback about their operations through blogs, discussion boards, hotel review sites, social networks, etc. These are an example of what type of media? This type of media is called Consumer Generated Media (CGM). Today’s customers are looking online for feedback on hospitality establishments. “Approximately 300 million public comments are made online worldwide every day” (32). Customers read previous guest experiences posted on the web to choose which hospitality
BIOMETRICS As humans, we have always had the need and urge to identify the people around us. With the massive rise in population, this urge has gradually transformed into a necessity. We have typically used passwords or physical identification in the form of driver’s license, passport, etc. as proof of identity. However, with the increase in incidents of frauds and thefts where illegal or stolen documents have been produced to get unauthorized access, and rise in the cases of identity thefts, it
Using Biometrics for Security Today the protection of everything has become an important issue that affects everyone. Whether it’s protecting a cashier’s cash drawer or preventing a suicide bomber onto an aircraft. Either way there is going to be an increase and change in security. The advancement in the technology of computers has made it easier for people to get information. Today, a person can log onto the internet and view information on anything and everything. If an average person can
National ID, a bad idea…. In today’s world, we can say that the main danger to privacy, security for people who lives in free democratic societies can come from the system that will create and apply supposedly very high tech national ID card. The main purpose of National ID card system in a country is to develop nationwide security, decrease crime rate, reveal the terrorists, and guard against illegal immigrants. NID system has been used conducting regular official transactions between government
An ID card scanner displays and records data stored on a driver's license, state identification or military identification. Usually, it includes the age, date of birth, name, address and expiry date of the card. While it's easy to help a bouncer to reduce expired IDs and minor IDs, it does not automatically detect fake IDs. For an identification scanner that is most effective at detecting false IDs, the operator must manually compare the information printed on the ID with the information stored on
“Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for American teenagers, accounting for about a third of all deaths in that age group” (Crisp). In actual numbers, motor vehicle crashes kill more than 5,000 teenagers every year (Gregory). These statistics are frightening and have led more than 50 percent of adults to support higher required ages for drivers’ licenses (Gregory). Teenagers, though, say this would be unfair and would make their lives difficult. Meeting the needs of Indiana teenagers
The article, “National Identity Cards Strange Liberty, Banish Privacy” by Charles Levendosky, implies that Identity Cards give us a false sense of security. The system would not prevent terrorists from using fake documents to get a national identity card and all citizens’ private information would be shared with government agencies and commercial organizations, therefore all personal information can be easily accessed through a computer system. This would result in a surveillance society with many
NATIONAL ID CARD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY After the September 11th attacks, the issue of making national ID card in the United States, Canada and other countries has restarted. After reading many articles, magazines, and skipping through lots of frequently ask question about nation General confirmed the black market in phony driver’s licenses exist in that state.” National ID card, I myself believe that national ID card will not only not stop terrorism, illegal immigrants but also create a form
Driving restrictions for teenagers in California With the increasing number of road accidents every year in California, the statistics have shown that almost 50% or more of the accidents happened are involved with the teenagers. The reason is very simple – rash driving, inexperienced driving, texting and driving or mere negligence. Whatever the reason may be, it is very risky to let your teenagers drive without understanding the implications of it. Hence, California State has enforced strict restrictions