Where tricks are being made to spoof biometric systems, at the same time more and more advanced research has been conducted to answer to these hackings. I would like to mention that now there are manufacturers developing unique semiconductor-based fingerprint reader that uses small RF signals to detect the fingerprint ridge and valley pattern. The imaging mechanism works by reading the fingerprint pattern from the live, highly conductive layer of skin that lies just beneath the skin's dry outer surface layer. This technology makes it very hard for anybody to spoof the system and it also allows reading fingers of children, Asian women and the elderly. I am a representative of an established, biometric software research and development firm named M2SYS [url]http://www.m2sys.com/[/url] Technology based in Atlanta Georgia. We have provided our Fingerprint Scanners to numerous types of organizations across the globe to prevent fraud and increase tracking efficiency. We understand the natural privacy concern associated with fingerprint software. However, it's important to understand that our fingerprint software does not store a physical copy

of the image, and without the image nothing can be done with the stored data. Also, all fingerprint data is fully encrypted from the time it leaves the fingerprint scanner to the time it's stored in the database. There is no comparison or storage that takes place in the fingerprint reader itself. I think for best results looking for such research in advanced biometrics can help gain the best solutions.

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