Biometric Quotes

You need strong user authentication such as a smart card or [a] biometric [reader] or both -- something more than just certification built in to the browser, which is weak. - David Thompson

You can't take a biometric out of one application and replay it in another. - Frank Fitzsimmons

What we teach is that there should never be third party use of the data. You have an arrangement using your biometric to acquire some service from that second party, and that's the only place that information is retained. - Larry Hornak

We're approaching the use of biometrics very, very cautiously... We feel that the technology is not even close to the accuracy being claimed by some of these companies. As such, there will be thousands of false negatives and false positives when you scale up the millions of travelers. - Lee Tien

Well firstly, that points certainly at the need for international standards on biometrics that would move in the same direction so that we can have the same technical requirements. - Asa Hutchinson

We tossed a few bombs at each other now and then, but that is a side issue for us. We both share a common vision that biometrics are a great way to initiate transactions. - Tim Robinson

We measure very carefully what the positives are and I think it is less than one tenth of one percent, so we are very pleased with the accuracy of our biometric checks and we continue to monitor that. - Asa Hutchinson

We ask you to supply your two favorite pieces of biometric data such as your right index finger and left thumb or right eye and left thumb. - Steven Brill

Unless you're big enough, biometrics can become prohibitively expensive. - Chris Christiansen