Iris Recognition Delivers Superior Identity Authentication
Summary
There has been much public discussion and outcry surrounding the use of biometrics for security and law enforcement applications. On one hand, biometrics technology delivers a proven means of improving security unlike conventional access and identity credentials. This also includes corporate badging systems, law enforcement and corrections mug shots, community and private criminal/offender watch lists, and so on. Given rising crime rates driven by the pandemic and numerous other social issues, anything that helps prevent or resolve crimes should be perceived as a good thing, but the perception that biometrics present a threat to personal privacy persist with large support from privacy advocates in both the public and private sectors. Iris recognition compares the unique characteristics of one or both eyes to identify and authenticate a person’s identity.