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Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age pp 277–289Cite as

Biometrics

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After reading this chapter, the reader should be able to: 1. Understand biometric science. 2. Learn to use biometric data in access control. 3. Understand how biometric data are used to fight crimes. 4. Learn where and when biometric data can be used. 5. Acquire the techniques required in biometric data acquisition. 6. Recognize the difficulties encountered in handling some biometric data in access control.

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  1. Panko, Raymond. R. Corporate Computer and Network Security. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2004.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN, USA

    Prof. Joseph Migga Kizza

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Kizza, J.M. (2010). Biometrics. In: Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age. Texts in Computer Science. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-038-0_14

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