Biometrics: A Very Short Introduction

by Michael Fairhurst

We live in a society which is increasingly interconnected, in which communication between individuals is mostly mediated via some electronic platform, and transactions are often carried out remotely. In such a world, traditional notions of trust and confidence in the identity of those with whom we are interacting, taken for granted in the past, can be much less reliable. Biometrics -- the scientific discipline of identifying individuals by means of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198809107
• ISBN13: 9780198809104
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.5" x 6.8"