European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx criticised governments' fondness for biometrics to identify citizens and warned that greater interoperability of databases may have serious implications for people.
In a blow to the fledgling biometrics industry, the Tampa Police Department in Florida this week ditched a controversial facial-recognition system, saying it had not helped them catch even one criminal.
Australia will not follow the UK’s lead in using biometric cards for asylum seekers.
Privacy watchdogs are pointing to the Super Bowl as the first massive example of biometrics abuse, warning that it could usher in an era where people's every move is tracked, from visits to the grocery store to auto travel.
Australian experts warn that continuing to underestimate the impact of security issues on e-business may lead to more dot-com failures, but claim these issues "will be fixed".
IT professionals are gambling with the security of systems, and doing it with the odds against them stacked higher than they can imagine, according to IT security expert Peter Neumann.
The Commonwealth Bank stands alone as the only top tier bank in Australia with its sights on biometrics as a means to improve security for its customers -- but critics say the technology is still too young.
Countries including the UK and the US are putting biometrics at the forefront of plans to improve national border security but there are still significant issues to be solved before the technology is up to the job.
A few years ago, the uptake of biometric technology was considered a sure thing. But fast forward to present day and ZDNet Australia can reveal that companies are reluctant to use biometrics due to their negative stigma.
Australia is keeping pace with other governments in biometric usage but are we operating in a policy vacuum with technology that is far from perfect?
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