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Spectrum News 1: Western N.Y. sheriff’s office among first in country to use iris scanning tech
January 13, 2025
How unique? Officials say the odds of your iris being the same as someone else’s are one in 10 to the 78th power.
Which is why other have concerns.
“You’ve also got to understand the context in which it’s used,” said Jeramie Scott, the senior council for the Electronic Privacy Information Center. “A government or company controlling the biometric information and being able to ID you when they want, versus you having control over your identity and, for instance, submitting an ID card.”
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