In fact, a version of the software, designed to help arrest and book criminals, is being used by the RCMP in North Vancouver to track down offenders with multiple aliases. In a similar way, the software could also be used to make sure the person standing in front of the ATM is the person authorized to use that bank card. InnoVentry Corp. of San Francisco, a joint venture between Wells Fargo Bank and Cash America International Inc., has more than 200 of these biometric ATMs in convenience and grocery stores thought Texas and about 300 in various Nevada casinos. By the end of this year, the total number is expected to rise to about 2,000. That's a huge, slippery slope.
Nobody wants to be watched.
Slower speeds meant fewer computer instructions could be performed in a set amount of time, leading to problems with accuracy. Today, cheaper and faster computers have led to a level of biometric accuracy that is gaining the trust of businesses and consumers. Today, facial-recognition technology represents 15 per cent of that market, where Imagis is considered one of the top five players. Biometric software that scans finger and hand prints still dominates the industry with a combined 60 per cent market share. Signature and voice-identification software also exist, but to a much smaller degree.