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In Silico Race and the Heteronomy of Biometric Proxies: Biometrics in the Context of Civilian Life, Border Security and Counter-Terrorism Laws

Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the U.S. government and other governments and organizations throughout the world became greatly interested in this emerging [biometric] human recognition system…. Biometrics are an integral and distinctive part of human beings. As such, they offer a natural convenience and technical efficiency that other authentication mechanisms, which must be mentally remembered or physically produced, do not. For this reason, biometrics can provide identity assurance for countless everyday activities currently protected by traditional means of access control — cards, personal identification numbers (PINs), and passwords.2

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