Anne & Lynn Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >one of the market targets of biometrics has been those that write their >password on their machine (or don't even bother with a password).
Even that may not be a valid market target. If your threat model is script kiddies/hackers in eastern Europe (that is, generic un-targeted attacks, the most common type) then writing your password on a post-it note is a perfectly acceptable response, because the one thing a script kiddie can't do is get physical access to your desk. So the primary market for biometrics would really be people for whom passwords are too much effort (as the former US biometrics czar said, they're for convenience, not security). Peter. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
