Biometrics

[Bill Vermillion]

On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 02:29:44PM -0400, Fairlight thus spoke:
> Simon--er, no...it was Bill Vermillion--said:
> > 
> > > Well hell, making sure the right person is picking them up is
> > > a low-tech problem, but you're already bringing in high-tech
> > > equipment far beyond reason. What's one more step?

> > It's called $$$.

> If you're gonna do something, do it right? :) What was the
> saying about fast, cheap, or good--pick any two?

High tech is not always the correct way to do things.

> Turnstiles seem primitive, but I suppose it could work if you have
> full-height ones.

That's what I was talking about.  Havent you seen the ones with
multiple parallel bars.  Everything else goes to the ceiling and
the only way through is the one way rotation with room for only one
person.

> > They are two different things.  The hand scanning is a verification
> > method to gain access to a facility.  Controlling access is
> > designed to prevent a crime from happening.

> > Threatening a person's life is definately a crime, and threating 
> > with a gun to commit a further crime compounds it.  

> > Security is used to prevent a potential crime.   Why can you not
> > tell the difference?

> My basic premise is that someone wouldn't be trying to gain
> access to something they shouldn't if they didn't plan on doing
> something illegal with the access anyway. Barring amnesiacs,
> how many people just wander into a facility for no reason? So
> I'm going by the theory that a crime is a crime is a crime, and
> there's no reason to illicitly access without intent. There
> could be rare exceptions, but by and large it should hold
> fairly true.

It's using the old saw "locks are used to keep honest people honest"

Having a scanner is far easier than having to have someone identify
a person visually and push a button that unlock a door.  It's just
a more expensive and less labor intensive lock.

Bill
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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com