Second Generation Biometrics: The Ethical, Legal and Social Context (The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology Book 11)

While a sharp debate is emerging about whether conventional biometric technology offers society any significant advantages over other forms of identification, and whether it constitutes a threat to privacy, technology is rapidly progressing. Politicians and the public are still discussing fingerprinting and iris scan, while scientists and engineers are already testing futuristic solutions. Second generation biometrics - which include multimodal biometrics, behavioural biometrics, dynamic face recognition, EEG and ECG biometrics, remote iris recognition, and other, still more astonishing, applications – is a reality which promises to overturn any current ethical standard about human identification. Robots which recognise their masters, CCTV which detects intentions, voice responders which analyse emotions: these are only a few applications in progress to be developed. This book is the first ever published on ethical, social and privacy implications of second generation biometrics. Authors include both distinguished scientists in the biometric field and prominent ethical, privacy and social scholars. This makes this book an invaluable tool for policy makers, technologists, social scientists, privacy authorities involved in biometric policy setting. Moreover it is a precious instrument to update scholars from different disciplines who are interested in biometrics and its wider social, ethical and political implications. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-19 Front Matter....Pages 21-21 Epistemological Foundation of Biometrics....Pages 23-47 Biometric Recognition: An Overview....Pages 49-79 Biometrics, Privacy and Agency....Pages 81-101 Front Matter....Pages 103-103 Gait and Anthropometric Profile Biometrics: A Step Forward....Pages 105-127 Activity and Event Related Biometrics....Pages 129-148 Electrophysiological Biometrics: Opportunities and Risks....Pages 149-176 Intelligent Biometrics....Pages 177-191 Front Matter....Pages 193-193 Behavioural Biometrics and Human Identity....Pages 195-214 Behavioural Biometrics: Emerging Trends and Ethical Risks....Pages 215-227 Facial Recognition, Facial Expression and Intention Detection....Pages 229-255 The Transparent Body: Medical Information, Physical Privacy and Respect for Body Integrity....Pages 257-283 Front Matter....Pages 285-285 Security in the Danger Zone: Normative Issues of Next Generation Biometrics....Pages 287-303 The Dark Side of the Moon: Accountability, Ethics and New Biometrics....Pages 305-328 Conclusions....Pages 329-334 Back Matter....Pages 335-353