Biometërik

Biometërik refers to biometric technologies that identify or verify a person based on physiological or behavioral traits. It encompasses methods that transform unique human characteristics into digital templates used for recognition.

Common modalities include fingerprint, facial recognition, iris or retina patterns, voice, hand geometry, and gait. Enrollment captures the trait to create a template; matching compares a live sample to stored templates; verification confirms claimed identity; identification determines who the person is from a database.

Typical applications are security access control, border control, mobile devices, banking, healthcare, and time and attendance. Systems may operate locally on devices or via centralized servers, often using encryption and privacy-preserving techniques.

Advantages include high accuracy, convenience, and non-transferable credentials. Limitations include susceptibility to spoofing, environmental factors, accessibility for people with disabilities, and biases affecting accuracy across different populations. Privacy and data security are significant concerns because biometric data is personally sensitive and immutable.

Standards and governance: biometric systems are guided by international standards such as ISO/IEC 19794 family and ISO/IEC 30107 as well as privacy frameworks like GDPR in Europe and various national laws. Responsible deployment emphasizes consent, data minimization, local processing, and robust threat modeling.

Etymology and usage: The term biometërik is used in Albanian-language writing to describe biometric technologies and their applications, and is often used interchangeably with terms like biometrik or biometrik identifikim.