Chapter: Written on the Body: Biometrics and Identity

Quote:

So we are stuck with a riddle” How can a biometric identifier be both identifying and not saying anything particular about you? I think the key to this riddle may be found in the idea that meaning is not something intrinsic, but, following determined by use. Following this kind of reasoning, we should perhaps not expect to be able to determine any intrinsic meaning of biometric data, or the biometric body in general, but investigate quite specifically what uses and practices biometrics will become part of.

What I expect to learn:

To know what and how biometrics work and how it identifies one’s identity

Review:                    

Biometrics is a term I first heard of not from the internet, from our professor, or our parents but from a classmate of ours who is quite familiar with hardware.

I know this technology is magnificent because it can detect who we are just by pressing a little hard on a piece of machine that is handy enough to be a pocket. So anyway, biometric technology is what we are supposed to use for our thesis because one of the features of our website will be an online attendance record for everyone to look into, particularly the students. Honestly, I asked my team mates how does biometrics work because it is amazing how a touch of a finger can literally make your identity suddenly show up. I know it isn’t really something you want to investigate on but I came to a decision to work on it because I always am curious and what better way to lose that curiosity? Feed it! Let us not settle for something irrelevant and definitely don’t settle for something that is not even worth the time because if that is the case then you will regret those time wasted on something irrelevant and wished that you focused yourself into something more necessary in your existence.  

Biometrics is cool enough as a word but knowing how it works is way cooler! Never limit yourself to just one thing because if you do, you will regret it. Explore and become a risk taker because one thing I have learned in my business finance class is that higher risk, higher returns so invest in it so you won’t feel neglected or left out with the bloom of technology nowadays. Don’t be afraid of technology, appreciate it.

What I learned:

·         Use of biometrics

·         ATMs

·         Identifying biometric identity

·         Virtual identities

·         Questioning the biometric body

Integrative Questions:            

1.    What is a biometric?

2.    How can a biometric identify our identity?

3.    How did an ATM came about?

4.    What do you mean by virtual identities?

5.    What do you mean by questioning the biometric body?