Biometrics fix foiled by make up
A European Union biometrics safety research project that aims to develop improved authentication products is claiming success with its efforts but appears to have mostly highlighted how difficult it is to make such identification technology work properly.
The Tabula Rasa (Latin for blank slate) project has received a total of six million euro (A$8.6 million) in funding.
European Commission vice president Neelie Kroes said she was pleased with the progress of the Tabula Rasa project, given "no other research group has achieved such advanced results in biometrics to date." Biometrics technology which use physical features of users to authenticate them is seen as a secure replacement to passwords. However, today's biometrics such as fingerprints as well facial and voice recognition can be bypassed through various likenesses of users, such as photographs, masks, "gummy fingers" and audio and video recognitions.
