Sources: Biometrics and Airport Security

February 17, 2003 - Backgrounder

The sources for Linda Ackerman's biometrics talk.

1. "Airport Face Scanner Failed," Julia Scheeres, Wired, 5/16/02; http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,52563,00.html
2. "Biometrics' Inadequacies and Threats, and the Need for Regulation," Roger Clarke; http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/DV/BiomThreats.html
3. "Body Check: Biometric Access Protection Devices and their Programs Put to the Test"; Lisa Thalheim, Jan Krissler, Peter-Michael Ziegler; http://heise.de/ct/english/02/11/114/
4. "Canadian airports to have iris scans," CBC News; http://www.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/print.cgi?/2002/02/15/Consumers/irisscans_020215
5. "Face checking software fails airports," Charles Arthur, Technology Editor, The Independent (UK), May 29, 2002; http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/news/story.jsp?story+300030
6. Facial Recognition System Test ( Phase I ) Summary, conducted at Palm Beach International Airport, Concourse C security checkpoint, March 11-April 15th, 2002: http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:CdGbRZHWnCMC:archive.aclu.org/issues/privacy/FaceRec_data.pdf+palm+beach+airport+facial+recognition&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
7. "Facing facts: Biometrics, seen as a future cornerstone of security, proves more difficult than feds anticipated," William Matthews, Federal Computer Week, 10/7/02.
8. "Fun with Fingerprint Readers," Bruce Schneier, Crypto-Gram, 5/15/02.
9. "How to Think About Security," Bruce Schneier, Crypto-Gram, 4/15/02.
10. "Invasive technologies don't fight terrorism," Nancy Weil, IDG News Service: http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/9272BBECC1A5663848256C77000F0EE8?OpenDocument
11. "Private Eyes: Biometric identification is set to replace passwords and PINs," Corinna Wu, Science News Online, 4/4/98; http://www.sciencenews.org/sn_arc98/4_4_98/bob1.htm
12. "Researcher: Biometrics Unproven, Hard To Test," Ann Harrison, SecurityFocus, 8/7/02.
13. "'Smart' ID card promises hassle-free air travel," Donald Wittkowski, The Press of Atlantic City, 10/22/02; http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/atlantic/102202AIRSECURITYOCT22.html
14. "The Myth of Airport Biometrics," Robert McMillan, Wired, 8/9/02; http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,54418,00.html
15. "Toward a Biometrics Bill of Rights," Jane Black, Business Week, 11/7/02 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2002/tc2002117_8617.htm
16. "Up Close and Personal: High-tech identification devices could produce reams of data on law-abiding citizens -- but may be useless in fighting terrorists," Brendan I. Koerner, Mother Jones, Jan/Feb 2002
17. "Using technology to end run 4th Amendment," editorial, Daytona-Beach (FL) News-Journal, 9/23/02; http://www.news-journalonline.com/2002/Sep/23/OPN1.htm
18. "Your Face Is Not a Bar Code," Philip Agre, http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/

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Last updated February 18, 2003