Comments on: Biometric Security — worth it?

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:15:42 +0000

MythBusters did a segment on fingerprint readers, they were super-easy to defeat.

By: Friggin Becca

Friggin Becca — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:10:34 +0000

It’s the NWO

By: Jill Harness

Jill Harness — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:34:04 +0000

My IBM computer has one and it bugs me that though I’ve programed all my fingers into it now, it still only wants to accept my right index finger -and sometimes it still doesn’t like that finger.

By: Jason English

Jason English — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:01:51 +0000

Just in case any other disgruntled RSS readers wind up over here, here’s the explanation:

mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16543

By: Kolja

Kolja — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:50:25 +0000

I work at a hotel where we use biometrics only to clock in and out. I thought it would be pretty cool to have to use it to get into certain areas, but I could see where problems and hassles would arise.

By: Stew

Stew — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:18:19 +0000

A friend who is in security said the major problem, is that if your fingerprint (or the binary data representing your fingerprint) is ever stolen, you can’t change your password.

By: el dano

el dano — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:15:04 +0000

my fiancee works in HR for a company that uses biometric readers on just about every door in the building. She hates them. She says that anyone over the age of 60 or so tends not to have viable fingerprints. Even better, when the system goes down, her office is the one and only place people can get to without a fingerprint so she has to entertain hordes of employees while waiting for the system to come back online.

By: David K. Israel

David K. Israel — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:58:51 +0000

Sham: What on EARTH are you doing reading this blog? SELL! SELL! SELL!

By: amanda

amanda — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:50:10 +0000

I’m with Andrej, no more mental floss

By: Sham

Sham — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:18:18 +0000

We all have them to log into our bloombergs. Never have any problems and they are smart enough to allow you to give temporary access to other users if you are on vacation. They are built right into the keyboard and protect other people from trading through your login.