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| Thread ID: 77617 | 2007-03-16 02:36:00 | Biometrics | Lizard (2409) | PC World Chat |
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| 533432 | 2007-03-16 02:36:00 | I was just reading an article about biometrics in the latest NZ Standards magazine, and it got me wondering - are there any affordable, practical biometric tools for the home PC? The most obvious application I can think of would be replacing the need to type in passwords - i.e. login to windows, access to websites, email, etc. Is there a commercially available product that integrates with the OS to provide, say, fingerprint recognition for all password protected actions? | Lizard (2409) | ||
| 533433 | 2007-03-16 03:39:00 | There is a microsoft usb fingerprint scanner, and many laptops(mostly toshiba and hp) that are now coming with built in fingerprint scanning ability. from what i have seen though, they are relatively easy to fool and so not generally recommended for overly sensitive passwords | lagbort (5041) | ||
| 533434 | 2007-03-17 06:04:00 | So much for tech improvements,full of promise but not much substance,like nano technology. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 533435 | 2007-03-18 00:03:00 | So much for tech improvements,full of promise but not much substance,like nano technology. And babies. :D |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 533436 | 2007-03-18 02:53:00 | Babies are nano-technology. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 533437 | 2007-03-18 23:40:00 | With potential for growth once the emission problems are sorted out. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 533438 | 2007-03-19 03:30:00 | And you can run them on biofuel - so sustainability shouldn't be a problem. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 533439 | 2007-03-19 13:29:00 | And, they can be made with unskilled labour. Self replicating. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 533440 | 2007-03-19 19:02:00 | And, they can be made with unskilled labour. Self replicating. Equaly innane.... When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 533441 | 2007-03-31 01:44:00 | I was just reading an article about biometrics in the latest NZ Standards magazine, and it got me wondering - are there any affordable, practical biometric tools for the home PC? The most obvious application I can think of would be replacing the need to type in passwords - i.e. login to windows, access to websites, email, etc. Is there a commercially available product that integrates with the OS to provide, say, fingerprint recognition for all password protected actions? This is a very dangerous slippery slope towards total control by Big Brother, 1984, The New Right, The New World Order, and the Corporate world, where everyone is in a biometric data base, and you even have to have hand scans to buy at a supermarket :) video.google.com %2Bjones&usg=AL29H23kEimwFsBnNSFx5UDAmCLIC0BV4g |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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