How Secure Is Microsoft's Fingerprint Reader?

Posted by Cliff on Thursday February 3, 2005 @09:36AM from the you-gotta-be-kidding-me dept.

Moos3d asks: "I recently found out about this Microsoft Fingerprint Reader at the library and ever since then I have been fascinated by using something like this for my own PC. How secure is this compared to using multiple 10+ character long passwords? Some people I've talked to seem to think it isn't safe at all and some people seem to think it is only safe for casual use. I only plan to use it for online forums and other applications that don't require great measures of security so it seems to be perfect for me, but how secure do you think it really is?"

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Very secure by gothzilla · 2005-02-03 09:41 · Score: 4, Funny

unless you make it a habit of pressing your thumb on gummi bears.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/05/16/gummi_bear s_defeat_fingerprint_sensors/
Huh? by Fortress · 2005-02-03 09:53 · Score: 3, Funny

Lemme get this straight. You're asking how secure a Microsoft product is on Slashdot?

Let me answer with a question. How smart do I think you are?
Skroob... by Keebler71 · 2005-02-03 09:59 · Score: 2, Funny

How Secure Is Microsoft's Fingerprint Reader?
More secure than the combination on my luggage...

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