Public Perception of the Use of Biometrics Post 9/11

The terrorist attack in the United State of America on September 11th, 2001 marked the beginning of a major overhaul of the federal government actions in terms of its policy making and investment into biometrics technologies. This study investigates whether the publics’ perception of the risks and benefits of widespread use of biometrics and their willingness to provide personal information has changed with the technology itself.The main objective of this study is to gain quantitative measures of how the public understands and feels about the use of biometric technology in the world they live in everyday. A review of related literature provided the basis for the design of survey questions, research methodology, data gathering and statistical analysis.The survey results indicate an overall lack of willingness by the public to release biometric information to both government and private sectors. Data security related to system management and maintenance, as well as information misuse by individuals and groups was also a major concern by all respondents. The primary implication of the study is that, in comparison to the large amount of resources being distributed by the federal government to research and development of biometric technologies since 9/11, the efforts of communicating and marketing of such technologies to the public need to be increased significantly.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Computing and Information Systems

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Computer Science and Information Systems

Grantor dc:publisher

Youngstown State University

Year dc:date

2012

Author dc:creator

• Morrone, Ross L.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Zhang, Yong
• Sullins, John

• Computer Science
• Biometric Study

Statement dc:rights

• unrestricted
• This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1364565213

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:etd.ohiolink.edu:ysu1364565213