Earlier this week I attended the International Workshop on Usability and Biometrics in Washington, DC (organized by NIST and sponsored by DHS and US-VISIT). I was invited to talk about the public acceptance of biometrics, and I had the pleasure of sharing a session with Angela Sasse. We both talked about factors that influence the perceptions and acceptance of biometric systems, and we played the role of contrarians when contrasted with an earlier keynote address from Robert Mocney, the Director of the US-VISIT program. The presentations were well received and led to many discussions about privacy and public policy throughout the workshop (I do love presenting early at these events).
Notes from my presentation are now available, and all the presentations from the workshop are now available.