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Cry To Beat Iris Scanners

Posted by timothy on from the being-maudlin-has-its-privileges dept.

Ant writes "The Register has an article on how crying beats iris scanners. An MP who volunteered to take part in the UK ID card trials says the iris scanner used is uncomfortable and made his eyes water... The water in his eyes actually stopped the scanner from working, and it seems long eyelashes and hard contact lenses could fox it too... So we're going to have a system that is derailed by a few tears and fluttering eyelashes?"

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  1. But then again... by manavendra · · Score: 0, Redundant

    long fluttering eyelashes and watery eyes have always derailed a lot of systems...and men :-)

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  2. Daughters? With long eyelashes? by MachDelta · · Score: 0, Redundant

    *Ahem* Uh, yeah, excuse me, but i'm FBI agent and i'm going to be "investigating" your daughters for possible terrorist links. So if you would kindly hand over all known photos of them, allong with their phone numbers so that I may "contact" them if nessecary.

    Thank you for your cooperation.






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    *Runs like hell*