Biometric Factor
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Biometric Attributes of the biologic phenotype of a User may be used to Identify that user.
Context
- Biometric Attributes are taken to be exclusively the measure of human characteristics like fingerprint, facial and behavior patterns.
- The human characteristics are another factor that can be a part of Multi-factor Authentication.
- So the human characteristics can be considered to be a Credential.
- The measurements of the characteristic are compared against a template of the characteristics using some Assurance level to produce a Validated claim.
Problems
- Biometric Attributes attached to official documents may inadvertently become Biometric Identifiers which invade the user's privacy. See the wiki page Biometric Identifier for user cases where that has damaged a user's life.
- In a case described in the New York Times Magazine[1]
Solutions
- ISO 30107-3:2017 describes testing of Biometric Attribute presentations.
- The first Level 1 rating in the NIST/NVLAP-certified iBeta Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) Certification test was granted on (2018-09-23) to facetec[2]
References
- ↑ Seth Freed Wessler, Denaturalized. (2018-12-30) New York Times Magazine p. 36ff
- ↑ Planet Biometrics, FaceTec notes achievement in anti-spoofing test. (2018-09-23) http://www.planetbiometrics.com/article-details/i/7463/desc/facetec-notes-achievement-in-anti-spoofing-test/
