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Hardware That Recognizes You

Posted by michael on from the access-denied dept.

Amit Upadhyay writes "Gizmodo is reporting about extra funding for smart guns at NJIT. Few have qualms about it, mostly on the line of: would optical sensor for finger prints work when the hand is soaked with blood? Would you get time to enter the override code in an emergency? But if we remove speculative emergency situations, the technology seems to be interesting. While checking out Fingkey Hamster what struck me was, this is one passkey I will not mind publishing on my webpage, and it can't be cracked, unless hardware tampering takes place. Kind of thing that you can put in all the car ignitions and lockers where password entry using keyboard can become too obtrusive."

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  1. This wont work by piett134 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey, for all of us who have seen the "6th day", you know that this type of security can be easily breached.

    Route 1. Blow off the fingers of the person you wish to impersonate, and take their fingers with you.

    Route 2. Create a clone of the person you wish to impersonate, and take that person with you. :)

    http://www.opine-it.com Do you Opine?

  2. Denounce the Universe by Lab_monkei · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ....and everything will be peaceful. People will have nothing to steal from you. You will not need to protect anything. Denounce money, sex, wants, needs, happy hour, speeding, fast cars, drugs, rock and roll, flan....etc..etc....

    Your life will be simpler. No more lugging that laptop bag around after work, or hanging the multitude of gadgets on your belt. Simple, Simple, Simple....er simplicity.

    There will be no need for guns, no need for biometric technology.

    Be like water, and go with the flow...if someone invades your peaceful existance...move out of the way....just like water.