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Identification, Verification, Authentication, Authorization

By 360 Biometrics

People who are not in the field of security or biometrics often do not understand the difference between identification, verification, authentication and authorization systems. These systems differ considerably and depending on the system you need, there could be a huge price difference. Biometric Identification System Identification means you don’t know anything about the person and you are trying to identify them, e.g., you go to a party, someone comes up and says, “hi”. What do you do? You look at the person’s face, and try to recognize them. The same process happens in the biometric identification solution. Let’s say, you have pictures of... »

Are Fingerprints Unique?

By 360 Biometrics
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Whenever I meet a new client, I always get asked the question, “Are fingerprints unique?” and before I can reply someone else replies, “Yes, they are absolute unique, I have heard that even the twins fingerprints are not similar and neither the fingerprints of two fingers of the same hand.” While I agree with the answer, I am not sure about... »

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