biometric anti-surveillance kit
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BIOMETRIC DATAShir David & Becca Ricks
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WHAT ARE BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS?
- Measurable, distinct characteristics that are used to verify the identity of individuals, including groups that are under surveillance.
- Fingerprints, DNA, face recognition, retina scans, palm veins, hand geometry, iris recognition, voice, and gait.
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PROBLEM AREA
- Biometric data is extremely sensitive. If your data is compromised, it’s not replaceable (unlike password tokens).
- Most often collected about populations that are already vulnerable, including criminals, travelers, and immigrants.
- How is that data being used? Who has access?
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AUDIENCE
- Potentially everyone, but especially groups that are under surveillance or are deemed socially vulnerable.
- Individuals who haven’t yet had biometric data collected about them by a government.
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The idea: Biometric resistance kit
- A toolkit of wearable objects aimed at masking and altering user’s personal biometric identity.
Receive the kitPut on the different objects
Resist biometric tracking
Wear them in public space
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USER PERSONAS
Persona #1: Activist
- Works as a community organizer and activist in New York City.
- Organizes and attends rallies, protests, and other events that might be under surveillance.
- Doesn’t want the government to track which events she is attending
- Doesn’t want images of her face linked to her activities
- Doesn't use the thumbprint feature on her iPhone
- Unsure of what biometric information has been collected about her
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USER PERSONAS
Persona #2: World traveler
- Writer & academic finishing her PhD. - French by nationality, but she has lived in
several countries, including the Netherlands, Germany, and Greece.
- Border crossings can be a headache, but she’s uncomfortable with sharing her fingerprint data in order to speed through the line.
- She’s thinking about emigrating to the U.S. to teach but isn’t sure she wants to give up her biometric data in exchange for a work visa.
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USER PERSONAS
Persona #3: Tech early adopter
- Works for a SF-based tech company as a UX/UI designer
- Always purchases the newest technologies and is often first in line at the Apple store when the new iPhone is released
- Loves the new fingerprint feature on iPhones and Windows laptops
- Enjoys the convenience and ease of new technologies that make signing/identity verification really quick.
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USER PERSONAS
Persona #4: Petty criminal
- Was arrested for jumping the MTA subway turnstile and had to spend the night in jail.
- She had never been arrested before and rarely engages in extra-legal activities
- Various data was collected about her, including 10 fingerprints and various photographs.
- After her release, she’s unsure what information the NYPD has about her and how will be tracking her behavior in the future.
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THE KIT
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THE KIT: FACIAL RECOGNITION
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THE KIT: GAIT
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THE KIT: FINGERPRINTS
- How it works: Fingerprint scans take a snapshot of the unique pattern of each individual’s finger.
- Possible interventions:
(1) Fevicol mold + glue — Trick Apple scanner by making a mold of someone’s fingerprint that anyone could slip on and wear.
(2) Silicon + fibers — Trick Apple scanner by wearing a silicon strip with fibers embedded in the silicon.
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THE KIT: PALM SCANS
- How it works: Palm scanners use infrared light to scan the unique vein pattern in an individual’s palm
- Possible intervention: Create adhesive heating pads (like the ones you wear when you’re skiing) that could be stuck onto an individual’s palm in order to block the scan.
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THE KIT: HAND GEOMETRY
- How it works: Hand geometry scanners take a snapshot of your hand and calculate the various distances between fingers, palm, etc. Typically used for verification, not identification.
- Possible intervention: Wear a flesh-colored glove that alters the length/location of fingers.
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THE KIT: IRIS SCAN
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Identity, Mian-Wei
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Biononymous Guide, Heather Hagborg & Jarad Solomon
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Stealth Wear, Adam Harvey
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FIELD RESEARCH & INTERVIEWS
We’ve talked to the following people about our project:
- Adam Harvey, Artist & Designer, ITP graduate (TBD) - Nasir Memon, Professor, NYU Tandon School of Engineering - Kevin Gallagher, Thanos Papadop, Philip Bontrager, Students, NYU
Tandon School of Engineering - Eric Rosenthal, Professor, NYU ITP - CTO of NYU Lagone Hospital (TBD)