Are biometrics the best solution to replace password authentication?
Posted on February 28, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts, biometrics, computer | Leave a Comment
Is [sic] biometrics the best solution to replace password authentication? No, because biometrics are not secret, and passwords (or equivalent) need to be secret.
Biometrics. It’s a topic I come back to periodically and enthusiastically. Most pundits, gurus and analysts agree that passwords as a method of authenticating people are not at all secure and need [...]
Concept maps from automatic speech transcription
Posted on February 26, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
Speech software makes concept maps
Researchers from the University of Duisburg-Essen and the University of Leipzig in Germany have devised a tool that uses speech recognition software and a database of word associations to automatically generate a map of concepts and associated terms as they are addressed in a discussion.
The tool, dubbed SemanticTalk, could eventually be [...]
Voodoo knife rack
Posted on February 25, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
this is the mostest coolest knife rack in the entire world. Thanks, Boing Boing!
Read More..>>Diary of the Long Now
Posted on February 24, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
First Post!
One last thing tonight – why I’m doing this. I like the idea that if someone had done this ten thousand years ago, then this year someone would have had the pleasure of owning a diary of ten thousand pages where the first entry reads “Darn cold again today. How long is an Ice [...]
High-tech passports are not working
Posted on February 24, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
The economist has an interesting article on how High-tech passports are not working:
The third, and scariest problem, however, is one that is deliberately built into the technology, rather than being an accident of its present inefficiency. This is the remote-readability of the chip, combined with the lack of encryption of the data held on it. [...]
Nikon’s face recognition detection cameras
Posted on February 24, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
Tech Digest reports that Nikon has come up with a line of cameras that can autofocus on faces. They incorrectly call it face recognition, but interesting non-the-less:
Nikon’s added facial recognition technology to its latest line up of Coolpix cameras. The Coolpix 7900 and 5900 both come with software called Face-priority AF, which can seek [...]
Problems with Biometrics
Posted on February 21, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts, biometrics | Leave a Comment
Random Thoughts on Digital Identity: Problems with Biometrics:
For authentication purposes, the ‘that you cannot change’ characteristic of biometrics is a big problem because if the credentials of any one user is ever compromised, the biometric being measured has to be changed! … So every once in a while, you’ll have to replace fingerprint readers with [...]
How to destroy the Earth
Posted on February 21, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
How to destroy the Earth:
At this point you will probably need to set up some sort of base of operations. It should be at a safe distance from Earth. Lurking at least one AU out of range of whatever terrible destructive force you are about to unleash is strongly recommended in most cases, but for [...]
Voice User Interfaces
Posted on February 15, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
Everything is a ListBox is a quick little writeup on desiging a VUI (voice user interface) that allows a speech recognition system to cope with tasks. The example of street addresses is given, because there are so many possible correct street address.
The only feasible approach for getting a street address is divide-and-conquer. Ask the zip [...]
Chameleon
Posted on February 14, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
Chameleon looks like a very good idea, as it covers some of the same problems I was having with Bloglines, but I haven’t used it enough to see how it works.
Do you like Bloglines? I do. But the number of feeds I was trying
to deal with quickly got away from me. I don’t think folders [...]