[CS-FSLUG] Fingerprint system

[Greg Slade]

> I have had 3 laptops over the last few years with
> fingerprint scanners. They're actually quite nice, because
> I can set some abhorent password that I don't really need
> to remember, because I swipe my finger to login.  And no
> one else can get into my stuff as a result.

Actually, while biometrics are all the rage, they're apparently not all 
that accurate. I've read that all you need to fool the fingerprint 
scanners built into laptops is some Silly Putty. So if you can set your 
laptop to require *both* a fingerprint *and* a password, that would 
certainly be more secure.

God bless,

Greg


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