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Imagine yourself standing in a queue, waiting for your turn to put your
finger or hand on the biometric sensor to verify yourself in a Govt. Aided
Program or at the Airport. Suddenly, the person in front of you sneezes and
simply wipes hand and uses the sensor. Would you like to touch it again ?
"During the trial some users had problems registering their fingerprints.
Some others were concerned over public hygiene when everyone has to put
their fingers on the sensor, bearing in mind the lessons learnt from the SARS
outbreak a couple of years ago. On a psychological level, some users also
hesitated in using the fingerprint system or hand geometry system or face
recognition ID methods as these reminded them to be associated with the
police. Some also wondered whether their biometric IDs would be protected
as personal data under the privacy ordinance." Recalls a senior person of an
ITES company, when they initiated to implement the biometric system in
their offices.
IRIS Located behind a curved, wet, reflecting surface; Obscured by High / Very High / High
(Contactless) eyelashes, contact lenses, reflections; Deforms non-elastically as
pupil changes size; Psychological resistance of offering the eye to the
Internal Organ of the Eye sensor
Palm Vein Sensitive to Direct Sunlight / other direct fluorescent lightings Very High / Very High /
(Pure Contactless) Low