Biometrics

Advantages

Convenient: people do not need to use memory.

People cannot choose weak passwords, they choose nothing.

Credentials cannot be transferred to others, one cannot delegate their authentication.

Stealth identification is interesting for security surveillance.

Problems

Usability

• Comfort of people, ergonomics.

• Exploitation scenario.

Biometrics are still being improved

• In many cases, they can be easily cheated.

People cannot change their credentials

• Upon their robbery.

It can be dangerous for people

• Removal of body parts for impersonation of the victim

Sensitivity tuning

• Reduction of FRR (cumbersome).

• Reduction of FAR (dangerous).

• Tuning is mainly performed with the target population.

Not easy to deploy remotely

• Requires trusting the remote sample acquisition system.

Can reveal personal sensitive information

• Diseases.

Credentials cannot be copied to others.

• In case of need in exceptional circumstances.