Overview
- One of the first books on second generation biometrics and the first on ethical, social and privacy implication of them
- Includes chapters from neuroscientists, psychologists, psychiatrists, jurists, social scientists, philosophers, ethicists, as well as technologists
- A relevant, thought provoking, and intellectually challenging text
Part of the book series: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology (ELTE, volume 11)
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While a sharp debate is emerging about whether conventional biometric technology offers society any significant advantages over other forms of identification, and whether it constitutes a threat to privacy, technology is rapidly progressing. Politicians and the public are still discussing fingerprinting and iris scan, while scientists and engineers are already testing futuristic solutions. Second generation biometrics - which include multimodal biometrics, behavioural biometrics, dynamic face recognition, EEG and ECG biometrics, remote iris recognition, and other, still more astonishing, applications – is a reality which promises to overturn any current ethical standard about human identification. Robots which recognise their masters, CCTV which detects intentions, voice responders which analyse emotions: these are only a few applications in progress to be developed.
This book is the first ever published on ethical, social and privacy implications of second generation biometrics. Authors include both distinguished scientists in the biometric field and prominent ethical, privacy and social scholars. This makes this book an invaluable tool for policy makers, technologists, social scientists, privacy authorities involved in biometric policy setting. Moreover it is a precious instrument to update scholars from different disciplines who are interested in biometrics and its wider social, ethical and political implications.
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Foundations and Issues
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Front Matter
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SECTION ONE: “Foundations and Issues”
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Emerging Biometrics and Technology Trends
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Front Matter
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SECTION TWO: “Emerging Biometrics and Technology Trends”
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Identity, Intentions and Emotions
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Front Matter
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SECTION THREE: “Identity, Intentions and Emotions”
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New Biometrics in Context
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Front Matter
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SECTION FOUR: “New Biometrics in Context”
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Second Generation Biometrics: The Ethical, Legal and Social Context
Editors: Emilio Mordini, Dimitros Tzovaras
Series Title: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3892-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3891-1Published: 04 May 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9723-9Published: 11 June 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-3892-8Published: 02 May 2012
Series ISSN: 1875-0044
Series E-ISSN: 1875-0036
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 354
Topics: Ethics, Computers and Society, Philosophy of Technology, Legal Aspects of Computing