fingerprint mouse.

[Tim May]

At 12:30 AM -0800 12/9/00, Ray Dillinger wrote:
>On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Anonymous wrote:
>
>>update HONG KONG--Siemens has a solution for people who constantly 
>>forget computer passwords: a mouse that recognizes fingerprints.
>>
>>
>>By lightly tapping the fingertip sensor located at the top of the 
>>mouse, the device verifies the fingerprint against reference 
>>templates already input into the PC's system. Once a fingerprint is 
>>authenticated, the person can then access the PC's main operating 
>>system.
>
>Oh, right.  And nobody could *possibly* dust it for fingerprints, 
>etch a fingerprint
>into a rubber pad, and tap the rubber pad on the sensor.  That might 
>take what,
>a whole hour?

Less, for a black bag agent. And black bag entries are becoming a 
standard, court-authorized measure.

I wonder how long before a court-authorized measure will be simply 
mugging a target and cutting off his ID finger.

When government adopts the MO of the thief, all things are possible.


--Tim May

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