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Cyber ​​array head: No need to save fingerprints in the biometric database

Yigal Ona responded to the petitions against the law that allows the existence of the database because it is possible to be satisfied with identification on the basis of facial images. However, he explained that at this point a fingerprint provides the most effective and quick answer. The Interior Minister has not yet decided whether to extend the pilot, and is expected to submit his decision to a special committee in the Knesset

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Daniel Dolev

The head of the national cyber network believes that it is no longer necessary to keep fingerprints in the biometric database, and that identification can be sufficient on the basis of facial images. According to the professional opinion submitted by the state yesterday (Wednesday) High Court. Interior Minister Aryeh Deri has not yet decided whether to extend the pilot project will also include a fingerprint database, and is expected to deliver its decision to a special committee in the Knesset in the coming weeks.

The state's response has been given within the framework of petitions submitted in recent years The law stipulates, among other things, that for several years, the head of the national cyber network will submit several reports to the Minister of the Interior, every year and a half, and assess whether existing facial recognition technology makes it possible to settle for facial images for identification and verification. On the inclusion of fingerprints in the database - as was done today.

The High Court of Justice Department in the State Attorney's Office issued an update to the court on Tuesday, according to which in early June the head of the cyber network, Yigal Ona, submitted the periodic report to Interior Minister Deri. lets make do with facial recognition for authentication and identification.

Ona added that security agencies generally expressed no difficulty in principle the transition facial recognition alone biometric database. However, he explained that the position of the Israeli police is that "progress for the face recognition technology is not sufficient and that the identification imprint A finger is still an effective and quick response, for the purpose of identifying victims in a multi-casualty incident or identifying a person without an identity card. "

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The state response also includes data collected so far in the years of operation of the biometric database. According to the data, since 2013, only a few attempts to impersonate or "double purchase" have been identified - an attempt by a person to issue two identity cards. It is estimated that these individual cases constitute 95% of the attempts at impersonation, and the other cases, which have not been identified, constitute a very small number that is not significant on a national scale. However, the exact numerical data do not appear in the opinion, and were submitted as a classified appendix.