Many people consider the widespread use of biometrics to be at least mildly disconcerting – a cross between 1984 and Minority Report. They imagine a world in which biometrics are integrated with massive centralized database applications designed to track and monitor our every move. This indeed would be a frightening and menacing nightmare. In reality, the prospects are not quite so ominous.
C.M. Most, “Towards Privacy Enhancing Applications of Biometrics”, DIGITAL ID WORLD June/July 2004.
URL: http://magazine.digitalidworld.com/Jun04/Page18.pdf
