10.6.08 - דו"ח של הפרלמנט הבריטי מזהיר מפני ההשלכות החמורות של שימוש במידע ביומטרי בתעודות זהות ובמאגרים. הפשע המאורגן ישים ידו על הנתונים וישתמש בהם לגניבת זהות. במקרה של מידע ביומטרי הנזק הוא בלתי הפיך.
"There is a fundamental security engineering problem with biometrics as opposed to the cryptographic keys in your chip and pin card. Once your biometrics become compromised, you cannot revoke them. It is not practical to do eye or finger transplants. Once you start using biometrics on a very wide scale, for all sorts of everyday transactions, the Mafia will also have your biometrics. You do not know which shops are owned by the Mafia but if you end up having to put your fingerprint on the glass every time that you buy a can of Coke, sooner or later the Mafia will have the biometrics of millions of people.' The powerful Commons' Home Affairs Committee called on the Home Office to prepare 'contingency plans to be implemented in the event of a loss or theft of biometric information from its databases" …
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