CUTTING EDGE

TECHNOLOGIES

FINGER PRINT READER

Made by: Noor-e-Basr

Class: XI

FINGER PRINT READERFINGER PRINT READER IS A DEVICE THAT WAS SOLD BY

MICROSOFT PRIMARILY TARGETED AT HOME AND SMALL

BUSINESS USERS WHICH HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

THE FIRST FINGER PRINT READER WAS RELEASED

SEPTMBER,4 2004.

USERS OF FINGER PRINT READER COULD REGISTER ANY

FINGER UP TO TEN SINCE THE SOFTWARE HAS THE

CAPABILITY TO STORE ALL TEN FINGERS FOR A SINGLE

USER. LOGIN NAMES AND PASSWORDS ASSOCIATED

WITH REGISTERED FINGER PRINTS ARE STORED IN A

DATA BASE LOCATED IN THE USER’S COMPUTER.

THE DEVICE COULD BE USEFUL IN A PUBLIC ENVIRONMENT, WHERE IT

MAY PREVENT OTHERS FROM SEEING PASSWORDS FROM BEING KEYED

IN.

FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION KNOWN AS HAND PRINT IDENTIFICATION,

IS THE PROCESS OF COMPARING TWO INSTANCES OF FRICTION RIDGE

SKIN IMPRESSIONS, FOR HUMAN FINGERS OR TOES, OR EVEN THE PALM

OF THE HAND OR SOLE OF THE FOOT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THESE

IMPRESSIONS COULD HAVE COME FROM THE SAME INDIVIDUAL.

FINGER PRINT READER

FINGER PRINT READER

AN INTENTIONAL RECORDING OF FRICTION

RIDGES IS USUALLY MADE WITH BLACK PRINTER’S

INK ROLLED ACROSS A CONTRASTING WHITE

BACKGROUND TYPICALLY A WHITE CARD.

FINGER PRINT IMAGE ACQUISITION IS

CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST ARTIFICIAL STEP IN

AN AUTOMATED FINGER PRINT AUTHENTICATION

SYSTEM, AS IT DETERMINES THE FINAL FINGER

PRINT IMAGE QUALITY, WHICH HAS A DRASTIC

EFFECT ON THE OVER ALL SYSTEM

PERFORMANCE.

• VARIOUS SCHOOLS HAVE IMPLEMENTED FINGER PRINT LOCKS OR MADE A RECORD OF CHILDREN’S FINGER PRINTS. IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THERE HAVE BEEN FINGER PRINT LOCKS IN HOLLAND PARK SCHOOL IN LONDON, AND CHILDREN’S FINGER PRINTS ARE STORED IN DATA BASES. THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS [NGO] PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL IN 2002 MADE THE CAUTIONARY ANNOUNCEMENT THAT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF UK SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE BEING FINGER PRINTED BY SCHOOLS, OFTEN WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT OF THEIR PARENTS.

FINGER PRINT READER