Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Malaysia is rapidly adopting biometric solutions

Malaysia to use biometric system for voters in elections (MSN - India)

One of the rewarding side effects of keeping this blog is that I end up learning much about the wider world in keeping up with the biometrics news. I'm fond of saying here that biometrics is about people, not technology. Stories like the one below inform that opinion. The ways in which inaccurate identity management plagues well-intentioned systems are extremely numerous and varied.

Biometric system, could assist in tracing runaway maids (Malay Mail)