Robert: Don't know about someone copying your finger print, but my first thought is that it doesn't sound very reasonable. My wife has been using a finger print device for entering all of her passwords for a long time and she loves it.
Jeff Jeff Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] SanDC, Inc. 623-582-0323 Fax 623-869-0675 Robert Jennings wrote: > Hi All, > > Been a while since I posted but I've bought a new laptop with a > fingerprint scanner and this though occurred to me:- > > What is to stop someone (Law Enforcement or Criminals) lifting my > fingerprint from my laptop and creating a rubber (synthetic) copy of my > fingerprint that they can overlay on to their finger? > > Is this possible or is it science-fiction? > > If it isn't science fiction then the whole world of biometric security > based on fingerprints is floored and shouldn't be trusted. > > Robert > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
