ID cards SHOULD be replaced by fingerprint technology'

1
ID cards SHOULD be replaced by fingerprint
technology.

• Darnita Martin
• Joseph Cotton
• Hamid Mashayekh
• Jamie Price
• Michael McKenna

2
ID-cards of various kinds have been in wide use
for more than 50 years.

• A major challenge with ID-cards is to make them
  hard to forge.  The "classic" ID-card consisting
  of a piece of hard paper with photo, handwritten
  signature, some owner-related data like
  citizenship, birth date, and gender as well as
  issuer information has proved to be far too easy
  to manipulate.  Improved coating, watermarks, and
  holograms could have improved this situation if
  not the "dark side" also had improved their
  skills and equipment.

3
What about a fingerprint?

• Better security, harder to forge a fingerprint
• Many companies are considering using fingerprint
  instead of signature for authorization on
  credit cards

4
Better Security with Fingerprints

• Biometric methods cannot be stolen or lost.
• Minutia files
• By using biometrics you do not have to memorize
  many different passwords or pin codes.
• Your finger is always with you

5
Fingerprint Technology on the Rise

• Many companies are considering using fingerprint
  instead of signature for authorization on
  credit cards
• IBM, Motorola, Unisys, MasterCard, the U.S.
  Secret Service, Social Security Administration,
• States are jumping on board
• California, Georgia, and Mississippi.

6
The Cost

• Just a few years ago, biometric fingerprinting
  devices cost well over 1000. Today, readily
  available devices for computer security cost
  around 100-200 (including software).