[R. A. Hettinga]

At 3:00 AM -0800 on 12/9/00, Jonathan Wienke wrote:


> Hasn't any seen the movie 6th Day? Who needs a password when you can borrow
> the necessary biometric token from its owner if you have a hatchet or decent
> knife?

The simple answer is that most decent fingerprint readers require a living
thumb, either through simple body-heat or, if I remember correctly,
bioelectrical measurement.

Cheers,
RAH
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