Biometrics for children under scrutiny as persistence concerns investigated
Biometric Technology Today · 2015
The use of fingerprints biometrics for young children has raised concerns about persistence as the children grow and change. However research has found that fingerprint recognition of 0–4 year-old children ‘appears promising’. This comes as The Biometrics Institute has warned governments that extra care must be taken when government uses children's biometrics for border protection and other purposes.