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Biometric Technologies and Verification Systems
Butterworth-Heinemann, March 2007
Once a tool primarily used by law enforcement, biometric technologies increasingly are being
used by government agencies and private industry to verify a person's identity, secure the nation's borders
(as possible), and to restrict access to secure sites including buidings and computer networks. Biometric
systems recognize a person based on physiological characteristics, such as fingerprints, hand and facial
features, and iris patterns, or behavioral characteristics that are learned or acquired, such as how a person
signs his name, types, or even walks.
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