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Biometric scan. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Is the technology behind biometric locks really safe to use?

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The biometric lock is considered the smartest lock known to mankind, controlled by a dedicated fingerprint. Now its degree of safety and effectiveness are in doubt
eye scan Illustration: depositphotos.com

Blink Technologies has completed a $14 million funding round

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The company, which also operates a development center in Haifa, develops artificial intelligence for the eye scanning market
face recognition. Illustration - shutterstock

Facial recognition: Ten reasons to worry

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Airport security. Image: from PIXABAY.COM

Footsteps, pressure sensors and artificial intelligence: the next step in airport security

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Biometric tests for passengers arriving at an airport in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Photo: US Customs and Border Protection.

1.8 million NIS will be invested in research in the field of biometrics and identification

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Biometric identification. Illustration: shutterstock

The state auditor killed the biometric identification project

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Is the biometric database secure, as reassured by the Biometric Database Authority, or is it unnecessary, as the movement for digital rights claims

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The stated goal of the project is to put an end to the phenomenon of forging identity cards and passports, but the risk is that the information will leak out and harm citizens' privacy. Illustration: shutterstock

What is the biometric database project?

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Biometric keys. Image shutterstock

The government wants your DNA / Erin Murphy

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"To think of ways to prevent misuse of databases". Dr. Yaniv Ehrlich. Photo: MIT

The secret of the disappearing gene

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Dr. Hillel Aviezer, Hebrew University. Self-portrait

Recognition of expressions - on the face

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Fingerprint. From Wikipedia

Helping Sherlock Holmes: Hebrew University researchers propose a new method for detecting fingerprints on paper products

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Lung on a chip. Image courtesy of Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering

Ideas that will change the world / Scientific American

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Fingerprint scanner. From Wikipedia

to be born without an identity

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A US Army forensic scientist handles evidence in a DNA extraction lab

The DNA of freedom

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A biometric identification facility at the entrance to one of the Disney parks in Florida. From Wikipedia

Protecting our privacy will become more and more difficult in the future

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Interior Minister Eli Yishai on the biometric law: "I'm not afraid to change my mind." I will set up a team of experts"

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The Privacy Protection Commissioner of Ontario, Canada: The Israeli biometric database - a slippery slope to a "police state"

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The Public Council for the Protection of Privacy to the Prime Minister: "The biometric database - a security risk that will cost billions"

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The Ministerial Committee for Legislation will hold another discussion on Minister Eitan's demand to abolish the biometric database

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Biometric identity card the same lady in a change of dress

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Everything about the biometric database, which is on its way to your identity card.

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Technion and Weizmann Institute researchers: hot atoms can freeze images

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Ensuring the identity and modesty of the individual in the digital age

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The Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset began discussing the establishment of a DNA database

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