Thread Subject: Re: identification and authentication provision

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From: Hoffman, Allen
Date: Wed, Sep 05 2007 8:40 AM

The problem with this is that is isn't any different than the one we
have now.




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[mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Jim Tobias
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 10:00 AM
To: 'TEITAC General Interface Accessibility Subcommittee'
Subject: [teitac-general] identification and authentication provision

I think the problem we had with the biometric provision was that it
focused on biometrics rather than the underlying need to have user id
and authentication.

Instead, how about:

"User identification and authentication systems must provide at least
one mode of operation that does not require the presence of a specific
biological characterstic that not all people possess."

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