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- redDC143C, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3
I totally want my fingerprint on tens, no.. hundreds.. maybe even thousands of computers. That way, some cracker can sneak into one of those thousands of machines, steal my digitized fingerprint and take my identity for good. - dpknc84, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Maybe I'm being weird here, but wouldn't you want a complete scan and not a partial. For security purposes?
- Beautyon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"Enjoy Fingerprinting - it's not just for criminals any more!™"
- Cglass, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have a fingerprint scanner from Microsoft, it's awesome except that they made it incompatible with Firefox... :(
- Pezo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1would be kinda cool to have a video game were the only way to access your saved game file would be to scan ur fingerprint under the controller or something (if u have a lil bro that loves to delete things u would understand). Or when u turn the system on it loads up a profile acourding to the fingerprint and loads up things like look inversion, sensitivity, and things like that so everyone has their own global game settings
- UbuntuAtlantis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Do they just sit there and think....... "how can we further erode an individuals privacy today?"
Sickening - niick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1One small step for man, one big leap toward an orwellian future for mankind.
no digg - rmdl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's actually really easy to steal someone's fingerprint.
Just have them touch something, apply a thin film of something very smooth (kinda like saran wrap) to pick it up, then set it over your finger and scan.
You'll be in in no time.
You can test this if you have one of those Sony Vaio notebooks with the fingerprint scanner thing. - hankosky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Cglass - Tru that. I have the MSFT one also. It works great but the lack of firefox support is saddinning.
- vfilby, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Fingerprint scanner on my laptop works like a charm, I use it about 6 times a day. This may not be cutting edge but the partial print recognition might be cool.
- zalealb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0lets not forget
http://www.terrorism.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=WarReports&file=index&view=863 - Cojawfee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I use a fingerprint scanner to clock in at work.
- tidejwe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah, fingerprints are not very secure, there are too many ways to get around it. Personally I think there should be a random scan (up to the user as to what it scans) of something that gives off DNA that the user chooses and the device doesn't say what it needs. Could be a piece of a finger nail, or a hair, or some dead skin, maybe it pricks finger to annalyze your blood and checks different levels of things in the blood besides DNA. Maybe it has to check a certain TYPE of cell DNA (each cell has a slightly different DNA sequence). Maybe you have to spit into it. The point is that ANY password that is constant and unchanging is not secure. If there are several things it could check, and it asks for them in RANDOM order then someone would have to have your saliva, a fingernail clipping, blood sample, hair sample, retina copy, and who knows what else they'd need to have on hand all just in case it asks for one (or multiples) of them that they don't have a sample of. If a random request of verification is not provided, one could have things automatically lock up all access until a certain unlock procedure is done by you (which could include multiple sequences of verification for several things including biological and digital verifications). This would be the best level of protection for anyone who is paranoid because anything less than random verification of random things can be anticipated and hacked. If you ALWAYS only check finger-print then they can just forge a fake and they know it will work forsure. If they know it ALWAYS checks DNA from blood, they just need a sample. If it's random they need ALL of the above and would have to interpret what symbol is asking for what sample and if they guess wrong it locks up and they can't gain access. Only something on that level would work (granted things could be worked out better than I described, but that was off the top of my head).
- raccettura, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I have a Thinkpad... needs firefox support for the scanner.
- Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I've got a fingerprint scanner that can handle 0% partials. In fact, you don't even have to put your finger on the scanner, it will authenticate you. It's authenticating you right now!
- sporkwitch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0As someone else pointed out, the fact that it can/will read partials completely defeats the purpose of biometric security measures. Now I only need half as much saran wrap or playdough, and I don't even have to worry about blood getting on your finger when I cut it off to get into your porn collection.
Other than the ability to read partials, everything else about that software has been available for years now, it's nothing new, and for the most part is rather overrated (though a neat feature, I'll admit).
In the end though, pretty lame, marked as such. - loker269, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0rmdl its not so easy with the new ones since they look for signs of life....independent testing by universities have shown that the new ones have only a 10% false recognition rate....I can not remember the company maybe someone else knows what its called.....they were already selling them though....
- tylerni7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Well to be fair, a lot of the newer fingerprint scanners can't work from you just 'printing' a finger print onto something. They use induction to test for all the grooves in your finger. Playdough might still work but it'd be harder to get someones fingerprint into playdough than you would think...
As for the partial finger print scans... what the hell? It reminds me of the card in HHGTTG... we're just gonna get so fed up with finger print scans and DNA scans and voice recognition, we'll just carry around a card that has all our information on it...... - longofest, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0fingerprints are way too easy to forge. Why are more and more people hopping on this bandwagon?
- pureeville, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is not at par with a one-time pad. Arguments that a system can be developed to ask a unique question (of your finger's print) each time somehow forget that I'm always putting my complete thumb onto an untrusted scanner. I would like to see an argument why existing biometrics are at all useful for secure environments, and how companies adopting it are giving more than a false sense of security.
- TAGG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Stupid idea.
After your fingerprint was compromised once (for example stolen from database of one website you have visited or you did a fatal mistake by logging in to some new website) - there is no way to ask to replacement until your next life.
Probably thouse students know how to replace bodies - then I'm fine with this. - kflasch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0How is this anything new?
- karamba_kid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"even on the basis of a partial fingerprint."! I'm sold, let's replace passwords ASAP.
~~Sarcasm~~ - MattS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is nothing new. It is still interesting to see the interest here on Digg.com. Answer me this: What happens when "they" steal the template of your fingerprint? The image or actual picture of your fingerprint should never be stored by a "serious" biometric vendor. All fingerprints are hashed into a template. Once you have this stolen template, what are you going to do with it? The beauty of a biometric authentication system is that the template needs the live scan to complete the process. Your stolen template with YOU is useless. Before I get slammed - no security measure is perfect. There are ways to circumvent biometrics - or any security method.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Fingerprints are about as secure as a barcode.
Its not like you can't just print /reproduce the pattern on another physical medium. - shiftless, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Fingerprints suck. Totally worthless security system. I guess it's time for me to wear gloves 24/7
- KillerJ59J, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Yummy.
- xxsiriusxburnxx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I live right outside buffalo ny, in fact im actually in buffalo @ work, what a coincedence
- kalphegor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I just saw "Back To Future II" on TV.
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