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Don't Smudge The Sensor When You Press 'Play'

Posted by timothy on from the well-it-sure-sounds-like-a-joke dept.

mattyrobinson69 writes "According to The Register, 'The RIAA wants your fingerprints.' They've teamed up with VeriTouch, who say 'In practical terms, VeriTouch's breakthrough in anti-piracy technology means that no delivered content to a customer may be copied, shared or otherwise distributed because each file is uniquely locked by the customer's live fingerprint scan.'" No details, but the article talks about a locked-down "wireless media player" to prevent such passing around.

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  1. What's next? by loraksus · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Seriously, someone who anally rapes you when you play their "music"?
    I really can't comprehend how a bunch of people sat together in a room and were like, "oh yeah, people are gonna love this, this is a great idea!". How detached from reality can they be?
    Enough people are already paranoid about use of fingerprints, etc, but apparantly there are enough sheep for companies to make money.

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  2. Cut off your finger prints! by JThundley · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This may sound really stupid, but what happens if one takes a razor blade and cuts off their finger prints? I've done this to myself before, it doesn't hurt and leaves your finger smooth, free of unique prints, pink, and sensitive.

    On another note, I'd think that the public wouldn't buy into this one and just wait for another wireless media player. Something like this will scare the public as well.

    And here's a clickable link to the gummy bear fooling finger print scanners thing. Come on people, monkeys can be tought basic HTML.