Tuesday 5 August 2008

Preparation for the seminar 2

CCTV

-The UK has more CCTV cameras than any other country in Europe.
-Each of us is captured ,on average, 300times a day on CCTV.
-There had been a 27% fall in robbery and a 26% redution in burglary in the North-east of England over the last two years
-Billions of pounds have been spent on it , but the police doesn't know how to use the images

Biometrics

-Passport with IC tip was introduced in 2006 in Japan
-It is used for ATM, cash card, mobile phones, entrance of the office
-Finger biometric systems can be problematic for people with feint prints, or wet or dry hands.

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