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-----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 10:20 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Orr, Steve wrote: >First of all, when applying for an ID card the prospective holder of the >card has to be physically present in order to get their mug shot and prints- >a significant deterent to fraud. Next, during the identification phase, the >ID card is scanned just like a credit card and, using an encrypted unique PK >index value, the physical attributes of the supposed card holder are >retrieved. That shouldn't be a database performance issue even with a U.S. >population of 300,000,000. Then the mugshot of the ID is displayed on a >screen for human and machine visual verification and the card holder places >his palm on a device for matching with the retrieved ID. If the chances for >failure on either identification method is 0.0001 to 1 then isn't the chance >for their combined failure 0.0001 squared or a million to one? > OK but what happens if i grow a beard? or shave one off? or change my hair color? or add an earring? or cut my palm or finger and get a scar? or do i give up the right to do any of that once my mug hot and print are in the database? -- -- Bill "Shrek" Thater ORACLE DBA Telergy,Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Orr, Steve INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
