For years private institutions and governments have developed different methods to identify people. Methods like fingerprinting and Register of Distinctive Marks pinpoint Bertillon’s view that every individual are physically different. The article “New lab working on security shoe sole to ID people” as well emphasis the notion that every person is physically different. The company Autonomous ID is working with a lab in creating shoe soles that will monitor and identify people. Similar to fingerprinting, researchers claim that every person has different feet and different ways of walking. The bio-soles detects whether the shoes belongs to the rightful owner, if not a wireless alarm message will be sent. According to Todd Gray, sample of bio-soles have been tested and return 99 percent results. If approved the bio-soles can be sold in the market and use to spy on people. The bio-soles product can fall in the wrong hands of a potential criminal. There are always disadvantages and advantages when it comes to technology. As mentioned in the article, the U.S government as well as the Chinese government have been invested millions in gait research. It has also been known that The Institute of Intelligent Machines are working on a system where floors can detect a person’s footstep without them knowing. Government are consently developing new ideas to identify people with the easiness and accuracy of new technology. New high-security systems raises the issue of privacy, many people think it can be invasive. Lee Tien, an attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, thinks the bio-sole is a “potential tracking device” just like an iphone. Products like the bio-soles can increase paranoia among the community and can be use as an device to track down non-criminals. High-tech security can be very helpful and safe when trying to identify or monitor a dangerous person but in the other hand how much is too much when being invasive.
Ivana Vidals
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/07/21/new-lab-working-on-security-shoe-sole-to-id-people-825803910/
