The FBI is building what is being called the world\’s largest database of biometric data that will include face, fingerprint, iris and palm scans in order to identify and catch criminals/terrorists. … FBI Building Vast Database of Iris, Face and Fingerprint Scans The…

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ImageWare Systems Inks Licensing Pact with Sol Logic … (Wireless News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) ImageWare Systems, a developer of identity management solutions, announced that it recently signed a one-year exclusive licensing agreement, which is followed by a…

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Convergence of physical and logical access control is attracting growing attention as organisations realise the advantages of taking a unified approach to all aspects of their security. In essence, it is about combining two security functions: the control of access to buildings and the IT systems…

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SURFSIDE, FL–(Marketwire - December 31, 2007) - SmartMetric (PINKSHEETS: SMME) today announced that it has successfully incorporated doorway wireless frequencies into its credit card sized portable biometric fingerprint reader card. Using the SmartMetric Biometric card with its built in…

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NEW YORK, Dec. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — via COMTEX — ’s pending litigation in the Northern District of California which resulted from the actions taken by two convicted felons, Wayne Drizin and Michael Gardiner, and Gardiner’s company, ID Smart. Fritz advised that…

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Remote Gurrampeta, a tribal hamlet, seemed hardly the ideal place to distribute smart cards after an experiment with sophisticated personal tracking or access control systems. The backward village with 150 families was poverty-stricken and calamity prone. All that the tribals here wanted was a…

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NewswireToday (newswire) - RNCOS released a report titled “Global Biometric Market - New Opportunities (2007-2010)” that provides extensive research and objective analysis of the global biometric technology … NewswireToday - /newswire/ - RNCOS released a report titled…

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The United States is now a code black country - no/to little statutory protection, no/to little privacy enforcement and an … enforcer of identity cards, biometrics and heavy visual surveillance - according to Privacy International’s recently released report. We ARE the…

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The FBI’s new plan to collect and store a massive biometric database has more than just a few “fringe” people worried. “The goal to have a comprehensive data base to track terror suspects, criminals, that sort of thing. I think it’s a wonderful goal,” said Hostin. “But you have to be very…

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www.bendweekly.com, “The FBI’s new biometric identification system poses a threat to privacy and may not work all that well anyway. The bureau is already collecting some data. And it’s working on covertly collecting digital images of faces and irises from a distance. Employers can request that…

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