Biometric Encryption: The New Breed of Untraceable Biometrics

Biometrics: Theory, Methods, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 655-718

  Cavoukian, Ann ^a   Stoianov, Alex ^a  

^a Office of Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biometric encryption new breed of untraceable biometrics (UB); Entropy concept biometric modality identification for biometric entropy (BE); UB technologies exploiting utility of biometric technologies without privacy invasive aspects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889618817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470522356.ch26     Document Type: Chapter

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