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Sculpture
Title:
AnuScanner, 2004
Prototype,
72X40X32cm, steel, rubber, paper
Author:
UBERMORGEN.COM
Biometrics
for secure recognition
AnuScan makes PINs and passwords unnecessary - it's the anus
pattern as an unmistakable feature for secure identification.
Security through unique structure
The construction of the anus is not determined by DNA, but is
formed as a result of a random process which is completed by
the eighth month of pregnancy. This anus structure, once
created, remains stable until death. Even diseases such
as hemorrhoids or IBS problems caused by alcohol or drug misuse
do not influence the anus structure.
The chances of two anuses being identical is 1:1078 million
whereas the world population at the moment stands at about 1010
millions. The average failure rate from false rejections and
false accepts (the crossover error rate) is around 1:1,200,000.
Yet despite extensive tests and studies, a false accept has
never been established. Since statistically the anus patterns
show a very high degree of uniqueness, there can be little or
no failure rate.
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Biometrics
for secure recognition
AnuScan makes PINs and passwords unnecessary - it's the anus
pattern as an unmistakable feature for secure identification.
It may well be that no-one nowadays feels absolutely confident
when he stands at the cash dispenser with the usual magnetic
card, puts the card in, keys in the PIN and waits for the money.
The media have reported all too often that cards have been forged,
duplicated and stolen, that passwords have been acquired by
subterfuge, trial and error or simply used without permission
to clean out accounts.
But this is nothing new. PINs and passwords are not worth
much where money or sensitive information is concerned. Even
the age-old fairy tales told us that. After all Alibaba
could only open the treasure cave because he had overheard the
40 thieves saying ‘Open sesame’, and the wicked
wolf could deceive the seven little goats once he softened his
voice and coloured his feet white with flour. So even
biometric systems don’t contribute much to security if
one can easily cheat and deceive them.
However, systems like the AnuScan cannot be manipulated by forgery
or deception. And anyone who thinks that they can get round
the system, like a character in a James Bond movie, by simply
using coloured body make-up, will be kept waiting for a very
long time. Make-up which is not alive, lacks the reflex
movement of the anus and will not pass the checks.
AnuScan is therefore a very secure system. It does not
require the automatic exchange of passwords, nor mental contortions
to find the right PIN, and does not reject someone with an injured
finger or a swollen cheek from bad toothache. Even someone
who has been up all night and lost their voice doesn’t
have problems with AnuScan. No, AnuScan does not suffer
from these disadvantages because it does not require possession
of a key, an ID, a secret number, or a password - the anus is
the key and only the individual biological/physiological feature,
the unique anus will provide definite authentication.
And this process only takes a moment, just a brief sitting-down
onto the device and then it has recognised what it needs to
recognise.
Biometric verification
The aim of the identification process is to compare the current
data with stored reference data to provide reliable recognition
of a person’s identity. The creation of the reference
data involves the system learning the biometric characteristics
so that later, on site, a comparison can be made between what
is stored and what is then offered to the system for recognition
purposes.
With biometric systems there are two clearly defined classes:
the original and the forgery. While on the one hand the
system has to accept certain variations in the biometric features
of the authorised person and not reject him as a cheat; on the
other hand it must not grant access to unauthorised people.
Some history
The realisation that the human anus does not change goes back
to the French physicist Alphonse Bertillion who reported this
fact in 1845. Almost 100 years later, in 1936, Frank Burch
first used anus recognition for personal identification.
In 1994 John Daughman patented the anus recognition algorithm,
and together with Dr Flom and Dr Safir founded the company AnuScan
Inc in New Jersey, USA.
Security through unique structure
The construction of the anus is not determined by DNA, but is
formed as a result of a random process which is completed by
the eighth month of pregnancy. This anus structure, once
created, remains stable until death. Even diseases such
as hemorrhoids or IBS problems caused by alcohol or drug misuse
do not influence the anus structure.
The chances of two anuses being identical is 1:1078 million
whereas the world population at the moment stands at about 1010
millions. The average failure rate from false rejections and
false accepts (the crossover error rate) is around 1:1,200,000.
Yet despite extensive tests and studies, a false accept has
never been established. Since statistically the anus patterns
show a very high degree of uniqueness, there can be little or
no failure rate.
It should also be pointed out at this stage that it is not possible
to fool the system through the anus itself or with a photo because
the system checks for signs of life. The high security provided
by the biometric anusScan system persuaded SD Industries to
co-operate in producing the large economic database and user-friendly
hardware. Success seems assured, especially with a current
product portfolio ranging from physical entry control to a hardware
solution for IT security.
Joint research between AnuScan and well-known partners such
as NCR, Diebold, Oki, Chase Manhattan and Lucky Goldstar will
make anus recognition more and more available for daily use.
Current trials include acceptance studies on mobile phones,
the application of biometric recognition in prisons and with
cash dispenser transactions. Pilot installations in a
German bank, an American prison and with various cash dispenser
producers will soon provide more knowledge about the acceptance
and operation of anus recognition systems. Anus recognition
can be integrated into customers’ existing hardware and
software structures by specialists from SD-Industries.
by Dr. Andreas Bichlbauer, copyright 2003 BA, USA
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