Reading questions for:
Irma van der Ploeg, Written on the Body: Biometrics and Identity.
CS-80--Senior Seminar
Fall '01

Edward Kamonjoh

October 10, 2001

1.

What is the entry-point paradox as defined by Roger Clarke? In what ways are name, code, knowledge, and token-based identification schemes deficient?

2.

What factors have led to the emergence of a consortium-based specification for a global standard for biometric technologies?

3.

In the context of identity determination and verification, what are the distinctions between a 'one to many' and 'one to one' match? In what ways are verification and identification procedures inter-dependent? What category do you think best fits the field of biometrics - identity determination, or identity verification - give arguments in support of your answer(s).

4.

What is the difference between reidentification and self-knowledge with regard to biometric identification? Does the author find any common ground between the concepts of reidentification and verification of identity?

5.

Why may biometrics not merely be a narrow identity check? In what ways can biometrics extend its far-reaching tentacles to encompass aspects outside identification such as access to personal information? - i.e. can biometrics be a candidate for the disclosure/dissemination of sensitive personal medical information, or is it merely a vehicle for establishing and verifying personal identity?

6.

What is the similarity, if any, between biometrics and biological determinism - are these terms interchangeable in their use without consequence? In what ways do you think the biometric body is/could be likened to the biomedical body?

7.

What does the term digital persona refer to? Why does the author envision biometrics as being the missing link between the digital biography of the digital persona and its bodily owner? To what degree to you think biometrics is effective in associating virtual identities to biometric ones? Does this linking of biometric and virtual identities infringe on the liberties offered by cyberspace?

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Reading questions for:
Irma van der Ploeg, Written on the Body: Biometrics and Identity.
CS-80--Senior Seminar
Fall '01

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