摘要 |
A method and a system for biometric identification or verification of an individual, comprising: a biometric information reader (1), reading referenc e biometric information, representing a characteristic inherent to the individual, an encrypting unit (3), encrypting the biometric information by means of an encryption key, storing the encrypted reference biometric information as a reference in a database (10), reading current biometric information from an individual, encrypting the current biometric information by means of an encryption key, means for comparing (12) the encrypted curren t biometric information with the encrypted reference biometric information, an d means for deciding (13), based on said comparison, whether the current biometric information originate from the same individual as the reference biometric information (11).
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