In the XXI st century, there is a strong interest on privacy issues. Technology permits
obtaining personal information without individuals' consent, computers make it feasible to …

Modern biometrics delivers an enhanced level of security by means of a “proof of property”.
The design and deployment of a biometric system, however, hide many pitfalls, which, when …

Biometrics offers greater security and convenience than traditional methods of personal
recognition. In some applications, biometrics can replace or supplement the existing …

Compared with traditional techniques used to establish the identity of a person, biometric
systems offer a greater confidence level that the authenticated individual is not …

Biometric features are increasingly used for authentication and identification purposes in a
broad variety of institutional and commercial systems. The large diffusion of e-government, e …

We are at the wake of an epochal revolution, the Information Revolution. The Information
Revolution has been accompanied by the rise of a new commodity, digital data, which is …

Using biometric technology to identify and monitor people raises human rights concerns. In
particular, biometrics are often associated with intrusions into privacy. The personal and …

Security and privacy in biometric systems have been traditionally seen as two requirements
hindering each other. Only in the recent past researchers have started investigating it as a …

This paper addresses privacy leakage in biometric secrecy systems. Four settings are
investigated. The first one is the standard Ahlswede-Csiszar secret-generation setting in …

Systems employing biometric traits for people authentication and identification are
witnessing growing popularity due to the unique and indissoluble link between any …