Not necessarily safer
BBC News reports Malaysia car thieves steal finger
The attackers forced Mr Kumaran to put his finger on the security panel to start the vehicle, bundled him into the back seat and drove off.
But having stripped the car, the thieves became frustrated when they wanted to restart it. They found they again could not bypass the immobiliser, which needs the owner’s fingerprint to disarm it. …
Biometrics are good for security? Depends on your concept of security.
Fuller acount in the Straits Times
Thanks to Ross Anderson for spotting this.
April 5th, 2005 at 21:25
Without trying to trivialise this storyline about stealing fingers. This kind of sickening crime real possibility if we as a society become reliant upon finger printing technology to verify our identity