Biometrics

[Bill Vermillion]

On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 09:53:04AM -0400, Fairlight thus spoke:
> Y'all catch dis heeyah?  Bill Vermillion been jivin' 'bout like:
> > On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 02:45:52PM -0500, Mike Schwartz-PC Support & Services thus spoke:
> > >  There is one big problem. Parents are told NOT to hold the
> > > door open for other parents, and that they HAVE to register
> > > their hand scan whenever they drop off or pick up their
> > > children, but sometimes one parent will hold the door for
> > > another parent, and that 2nd parent fails to get scanned.

> > That of course is not a technical problem.  It falls in to the same
> > category of getting computer access through social-engineering.
> > In that instance it would be monitoring problem.

> So how hard would it be to come up with something that will detect core
> heat signatures, note their vector, and sound an alarm if two go in on
> one authorisation, but not if two go out (obviously one or more of the
> secondary departures would be kids.

Such a high-tech solution for a low-tech problem.

Letting one person in at a time works well for turnstiles.  If you
don't want to use the pivoted three bar type you could go for the
comb type.    And the solution for going out is to have one
entrance and another for exit.

> Of course, this is still subject to threat of duress...someone threatens a
> husband or wife's life unless someone brings out another child that isn't
> theres.   But it does improve the system.

That becomes a matter for the law to handle.  That fall under
violent crime and not security.


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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com