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Adding Biometric Security to an Existing Laptop?

Posted by Cliff on from the usb-retinal-scanner-anyone dept.

008 asks: "My work requires me to travel to some harsh climes with my laptop and other equipment, and the data I collect there is potentially very sensitive. Currently I use the PGP family to secure my drives, but my paranoia always demands more. IBM's biometric-ready Thinkpad really piques my interest, but getting one isn't feasible for me because it's too wimpy for the physical stress I'd inflict on it. I'd much prefer a way to biometrically lock a computer I already have. What options are out there?"

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  1. Double standard on slashdot by HumanCarbonUnit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now this is interesting: I apologize if people see this as a flame or insulting post : When I posted a question on ask.slashdot.org. about WEP encryption problems in windows XP. (see article in ask.slashdot) I got flamed big-time about how dumb I was or how stupid windows and WEP are. Here we have a topic that really should be in the general ask.slashdot.org section and not out in the main slashdot site and what's more, there isn't anyone flaming him about googling the topic first or other nasty things. BTW: alot of information and answers to this question could have been gotten from google. Well, this is my opinion, let the flames begin.