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JPMorgan requires staff to hand over biometric data to access new headquarters New York bank is imposing eye and fingerprint scans amid heightened security concerns at corporate offices
JPMorgan Chase has told staff moving into the US bank's new multibillion-dollar Manhattan headquarters they must share their biometric data to access the building, overriding a prior plan for voluntary enrolment.
Employees who have started work at its 270 Park Avenue skyscraper since August have received emails saying biometric access is "required", according to a communication seen by the Financial Times. This allows people to scan their fingerprints or eye instead of ID badges to get through the lobby security gates.
[...] Dave Komendat, chief security officer at Corporate Security Advisors, said biometrics had been used for decades at higher-security areas, such as government installations and data centres, but putting them in commercial buildings for large numbers of people would be used at a new and larger scale.
https://www.ft.com/content/d5351d3d-d64f-4a90-a3da-d1ef8e8bea66
https://archive.ph/YCV85
[Ed. question: Would this be a deal breaker for any of you for joining or continuing to work at the company?]
(Score: 5, Insightful) by VLM on Monday October 20, @01:26PM (1 child)
Technically its very easy to fool those machines.
Its a risk reward thing where you're supposed to have an armed guard standing there making sure people are not holding up a picture of someone's eye or wearing a rubber glove with a picture of fingerprints on it. It doesn't cost much to distract the guard.
The real purpose as usual with these people, is a mix of security theater and ritual humiliation.
With a side dish of "oh it makes people mad so 3% of our employees leave? Thats cool we were expecting 5% layoffs this year so now we only have to "work" for an additional 2%"
My experience is with secured data center doors quite a few years ago; they were mostly for show. They also well out of alignment FAST with heavy use so just turn down the sensitivity dial until anyone's hand works all the time. Also they were ungodly filthy. You'd want to wash your hands after touching the hand scanner but couldn't; this is very "post-covid" making everyone touch everyone else eww gross.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Tuesday October 21, @03:56PM
Technically its very easy to fool those machines.
That's the theme of Minority Report that struck me.
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