01679nam a2200205   4500001000700000100004100007101000800048200008400056210005900140215002000199225002700219300010300246330098600349606001401335606003301349606003501382606001501417606001501432700002601447384056  a20070214d2001       y0pory50      ba  aeng  aBiometricsbRecurso eletrónicoefacing up to terrorismfJohn D. Woodward, Jr.  aSanta Monica, CA [etc.]cRAND Arroyo Centerdcop. 2001  a1 CD-ROMd12 cm  aRAND Issue Papersv218  aFicheiro de 99,2 Kb em formato PDF (22 f.). Disponível em: www.rand.org/pubs/issue_papers/IP218/  a"(...) While there is no easy, foolproof technical fix to counter terrorism, the use of biometric technologies might help make America a safer place. “Biometrics” refers to the use of a person’s physical characteristics or personal traits to identify, or verify the claimed identity of, that individual. Fingerprints, faces, voices, and handwritten signatures are all examples of characteristics that have been used to identify us in this way. Biometric-based systems provide automatic, nearly instantaneous identification of a person by converting the biometric —a fingerprint, for example— into digital form and then comparing it against a computerized database. In this way, fingerprints, faces, voices, iris and retinal images of the eye, hand geometry, and signature dynamics can now be used to identify us, or to authenticate our claimed identity, quickly and accurately. These biometric technologies may seem exotic, but their use is becoming increasingly common."  aBIOMETRIA  aIDENTIFICAÇÃO DE PESSOAS  aIDENTIFICAÇÃO AUTOMÁTICA  aTECNOLOGIA  aTERRORISMO  aWOODWARD JR.bJohn D.