Biometrie in der Zutrittskontrolle

«Es ist davon auszugehen, dass biometrische Systeme in den kommenden Jahren zur Standardausstattung eines modernen Unternehmens gehören werden. Der dicke Schlüsselbund gehört dann der Vergangenheit an. Man wird ohne herkömmliche Schlüssel, Karten oder Codes auskommen. Das Merken der vielen Passwörter und PINs wird wegfallen. Der Finger ersetzt sie alle».

Konrad Baier, Biometrie in der Zutrittskontrolle, in: CD Sicherheitsmanagement, Feb./März 2008, S.120-123.

Engish translation:

It is to be assumed that biometric systems will belong to the standard equipment of a modern enterprise. The bundle of keys belongs to the past. One will manage without customary keys, cards or codes. Memorizing the many pass words and PINs will vanish. The finger replaces them all. Comment: The city in Hamburg adds on biometric door controls very visibly. Bank offices, clubs, head offices of department stores are the ones I recorded in recent months. The diffusion of this access control technology will accelerate and expose ever more people to biometric controls in their every day life. This development in the private sector amounts to an acculturation of biometrics as daily routine and is likely to weaken the resistance against intrusive controls governments are set to introduce as supposedly security-enhancing preventive measures.