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Biometric Identification: Opportunities and Challenges in the Digital World

Nicoleta-Elena Heghes (nicoleta.heghes@icj.ro)
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Nicoleta-Elena Heghes: Andrei Radulescu Legal Research Institute of Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania

RAIS Conference Proceedings 2022-2024 from Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies

Abstract: Biometrics involves automatic methods of recognizing individuals based on physical or behavioral characteristics. These methods include fingerprints, retina and iris scanning, hand and finger geometry, voice feature recognition and facial recognition. Biometric technologies have become the preferred solutions for a wide range of applications. Biometrics is already incorporated in national security solutions, such as improving airport security, border control, verifying identification documents and visas, preventing identity fraud. Electronic identification systems have several advantages over well-known traditional identification methods, namely paper documents or personal verification. They are safer, much more efficient and very convenient. Consequently, biometric recognition systems are now being implemented in many government applications, including electronic identity cards, electronic passports, but also civil applications such as logging into a PC, laptop, mobile phone, internet access, smartcard etc. Identification elements cannot be lost, forgotten or stolen, as happens with passwords, identity cards or bank cards, as physiological characteristics have the advantage of being relatively stable over time.

Keywords: identity; identification; authentification; biometrics; biometric identification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 5 pages
Date: 2023-04
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Published in Proceedings of the 31st International RAIS Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, April 6-7, 2023, pages 40-44

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