(sorry, couldn't resist. . .)
Posted on 04/13/2012 10:11:43 AM PDT by brityank
Biometrics at border crossings huge hurdle for CIA spies
By Defense Systems Staff | Apr 12, 2012
The use of iris scanners and biometric passports at airports, hotels and business headquarters around the globe is making it difficult for CIA spies and secret agents in other nations to travel under false identities, reports Jeff Stein at Wired's Danger Room blog.
Throughout Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia, governments are using iris scanners at entry points to link travelers' eyeballs to a particular name, the blog says. At the same time, biometric passports, which are embedded with microchips containing a person’s face, sex, fingerprints, date and place of birth, and other personal data, are rapidly replacing older, paper-only ones.
There is no clear solution, however, CIA operations managers since 9/11 have re-doubled efforts to recruit spies in foreign border-control agencies who have access to the electronic files and therefore can change, add or eliminate documents, the blog says.
Poor widdo babies.
Michael Weston, where are you?
Of interest for future involvements?
My own opinion is we in the US are screwed. Our enemies are already inside the security walls, such as they are, and any further additions will bury them deeper. Meanwhile our guys won’t be able to get to first base.
Oh well...if it took until now for them to realize this and not already have done something about it, they’re too incompetent anyway to do the job. But what do you expect given the priorities of a “diverse”, LGBT-friendly workforce?
Parachutes. At night. Yeah, that’s the ticket!
Michael Chrichton said that the real US spy agency was the Dept. of Agriculture. The CIA was just a front and a distraction.
I don’t think it’s the workforce - more like the management groups involved - the politicians!
“Throughout Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia, governments are using iris scanners at entry points to link travelers’ eyeballs to a particular name, the blog says. At the same time...”
...the U.S. throws its doors open and goes back to sleep.
Wasn’t the Impossible Mission Force doing this in the 1960’s ?? Fingerprint scanners are CHILDS PLAY to beat, the Mythbusters did it three different ways in a day, and I’m QUITE sure the CIA has more resources than Adam and Jaime. . . or if not, they could HIRE them...
Freaked him out.
Was he serious?
> Fingerprint scanners are CHILDS PLAY to beat, the Mythbusters did it three different ways in a day, and I’m QUITE sure the CIA has more resources than Adam and Jaime.
I actually design fingerprint scanners for a living. Yes, most are quite easy to fool, but don’t try it with mine. Mine actually measure blood flow in vessels beneath the skin to make sure you aren’t trying to use a fake finger to fool the system.
Design note: Add artificial re-circulatory system to fake finger design...
Design note: Add artificial re-circulatory system to fake finger design...
You never know who you are going to meet on FR.
Cool job.
(sorry, couldn't resist. . .)
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