Biometric Discrimination Power: Is It Mostly Hype?
Naomi Jordan Cook, Raman Asati, Thomas Bryla, Lara Roth-Biester, Roshan A. Shaikh · 2012
This study explores whether the reputation of biometric products is well deserved or based on hype. We focus on two types of biometric systems—fingerprint and face—in our investigation of the accuracy of those systems, as reported by both biometric companies and the media. After reviewing the phenomenon of the “hype cycle”, we evaluate the claimed power and accuracy rates of various fingerprint and face products by examining how these accuracy claims were reached, and by determining whether claimed accuracy matches real-world performance. Finally, results from our testing of one freeware face product and one commercial fingerprint scanner are given.