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Mouse Scans Palms to Verify ID

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the logs-you-in-and-reads-your-future dept.

p00kiethebear writes "'Fujitsu is eyeing a variation on the centuries-old art of palmistry as the latest biometric weapon against unauthorized access to computer systems and facilities. The company has developed a computer mouse that will scan the palm of the user and deliver not a look into the future but verify the identity of that person.', With a .5% error rate I wouldn't be surprised if we saw this in offices within the next few years."

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  1. Re:Slashvertisement? by Idarubicin · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Of course, since we have physical access to the machine anyway, we might as well install a keystroke logger as well as record the authentication from the mouse...

    I guess it comes back to what we already knew--as soon as someone has unfettered physical access to a machine, it's security is effectively compromised.

    You want to limit access to a computer? Put it in an office. And lock the door. Know who has keys. Audit those keys.

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    ~Idarubicin
  2. Re:Issues with Practicality by JoeBuck · · Score: 4, Insightful

    To paraphrase Schneider: if someone steals your palmprint (for example, by getting a print off a surface that you touched and making a duplicate good enough to fool the scanner), where do you go to be issued a new palm?

    Biometrics are ok if they are only part of what you need to get into the system (e.g. the right fingerprint plus the right password).