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2005-07-03, 10:19 AM | #1 |
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So I bought this microsoft finger print password reader
And it is the coolest thing I have ever used. Anything that asks for a logon and password and be put in this thing so all I have to do is touch it and I am logged in.
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2005-07-03, 10:52 AM | #2 |
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That's nice...I was wondering how cool that would actually be
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2005-07-03, 10:53 AM | #3 |
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Really simple...
Someone asked me what happens if it breaks. If it does, you just go back to filling in the logon and password by hand. And, it's only $50. |
2005-07-03, 11:15 AM | #4 |
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My wife has something like that, but you have to guess the spot that you need to touch. Once you find it, you're in.
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2005-07-03, 12:22 PM | #5 |
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So far so good with this one. I have it set up for all my fingers. So anyone of them will work.
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2005-07-03, 03:22 PM | #6 |
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I picked up one of those wireless usb locks foer my computer a while back. It locks down when I walk away and is up and running by the time I sit at my keyboard. No password capability except for logging on to windows but it keeps prying eyes off of my stuff pretty nicely. I never have to worry about my kids accidently seeing anything. A great $20 investment!
Biometrics scare me and I can`t feel good helping thier evolution. Can you say Gattica?
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2005-07-03, 04:35 PM | #7 |
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Now someone is going to cut of your finger so that they can access your stuff.
On my Mac once I login to the computer with my master admin password all my other passwords are unlocked, no finger needed. I can then lock the account with one click or have it set to lock after any amount of time. |
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2005-07-03, 05:48 PM | #9 |
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They have a finger reader at the tanning solon that I go to once in awhile. It always seems like it doesn't read my finger if I don't go for a few months. I asked them once what they would do with someone with no fingers and they said that they would have to use their nose. lol
I see that there is software now that lets you use an iPod as a key like you do with the usb things. |
2005-07-03, 06:25 PM | #10 |
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ballistic gelatin has many uses if you can obtain a relief of someone's fingerprint.
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2005-07-04, 03:29 AM | #11 |
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Cool stuff? How much does it cost anyway?
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2005-07-04, 09:36 AM | #12 |
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Does it save password and usernames somewhere? Meaning, if you had to reinstall the OS, could you restore all your login info?
I've used RoboForm for a while now and it's the bomb. It would be nice to have the fingerprint built into a laptop though. You know MS is collecting your shit to plot evil against you, right? I'm surprised Cleo didn't tell you. |
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2005-07-04, 10:43 AM | #15 |
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They have fingerprint readers for the Mac too so I really didn't see this as a Mac versus PC thing or anything like that. I just don't see why having something on your laptop that enters your passwords for you by having to rub a finger is any better then having an app on your drive that you enter your master password in once per login is better. It seems like more of a hassle to me actually.
You asked what happens in you move to another computer. Not sure about the finger reader thing but my laptop users a ling called keychain and it stores its database in ~/Library/keychains/keychainname so it moves with your home directory. I do think that Macs have an advantage now that they are *nix based. Right now I've got Imageready processing files. Rsync creating a mirror of FoxyAngel to a local disk image, and a ton of other crap going on. Processes: 73 total, 3 running, 70 sleeping... 251 threads 10:35:17 Load Avg: 2.18, 2.06, 1.78 CPU usage: 44.0% user, 26.1% sys, 29.9% idle SharedLibs: num = 199, resident = 42.7M code, 4.81M data, 7.18M LinkEdit MemRegions: num = 11738, resident = 449M + 13.8M private, 205M shared PhysMem: 104M wired, 427M active, 450M inactive, 982M used, 41.8M free VM: 9.73G + 130M 64361(0) pageins, 18211(0) pageouts PID COMMAND %CPU TIME #TH #PRTS #MREGS RPRVT RSHRD RSIZE VSIZE 530 top 11.7% 0:01.25 1 18 22 848K 384K 1.27M 26.9M 528 bash 0.0% 0:00.01 1 14 16 196K 740K 840K 27.1M 523 Stickies 0.0% 0:01.10 1 77 170 3.01M 15.2M 7.72M 229M 520 mdimport 0.0% 0:01.14 4 66 61 1.80M 7.53M 4.91M 44.6M 470 Safari 0.0% 8:29.66 7 162 771 75.7M 30.1M 102M 302M 430 Adobe GoLi 1.7% 3:39.54 2 100 505 76.3M 48.6M 108M 394M 415 mozilla-bi 21.9% 27:32.43 10 204 461 22.6M 31.4M 42.2M 433M 404 Adobe Imag 3.3% 5:56.69 5 117 434 21.2M 33.6M 46.6M 297M 389 rsync 2.6% 1:33.00 1 9 102 420K 21.3M 2.91M 48.7M 388 AppleSpell 0.0% 0:00.71 1 61 34 744K 2.13M 1.92M 37.7M 387 ssh 1.3% 2:34.30 1 22 33 1.08M 904K 1.65M 27.8M 386 rsync 0.0% 0:09.48 1 14 100 132K 21.3M 21.4M 48.4M 383 hdiejectd 0.0% 0:00.07 1 32 26 216K 716K 916K 27.1M 375 Internet E 0.6% 10:21.20 9 245 323 29.5M 28.4M 45.3M 277M 358 BBEdit 0.0% 0:04.09 2 83 212 5.63M 19.2M 12.7M 234M 347 LiveDictio 0.0% 0:01.41 1 79 171 3.00M 13.4M 4.85M 244M 345 bash 0.0% 0:00.02 1 14 16 112K 740K 772K 27.1M 340 Terminal 9.4% 7:16.32 7 109 183 12.7M+ 20.4M 19.9M+ 242M 339 Address Bo 0.0% 0:01.98 1 98 148 4.25M 12.8M 7.14M 223M 338 iCal 0.0% 0:13.91 5 119 342 13.4M 16.0M 18.1M 247M 337 CopyPaste- 0.3% 0:34.66 1 74 104 3.32M 12.6M 5.27M 218M 334 ICQ 3.4 0.8% 1:50.39 8 174 196 4.95M 18.8M 9.80M 234M 332 Mail 0.0% 0:32.08 6 158 297 11.4M 23.5M 18.8M 241M 331 Spell Catc 0.0% 0:00.27 1 63 85 872K 2.29M 2.19M 198M 328 Spell Catc 0.0% 0:06.69 3 161 271 6.33M 13.9M 10.7M 224M 321 Spell Catc 0.0% 0:26.27 2 118 133 2.46M 13.6M 4.83M 219M 314 MouseWorks 0.1% 0:19.01 1 65 98 1.14M 10.7M 2.62M 210M 309 Extensis S 0.5% 1:49.42 2 114 162 16.7M 14.0M 20.0M 239M 308 AirClick 0.0% 0:01.85 1 95 140 2.63M 11.7M 4.98M 214M 307 iTunesHelp 0.0% 0:00.21 1 54 67 640K 4.11M 1.74M 203M 306 iCalAlarmS 0.0% 0:00.48 1 65 87 1.01M 10.1M 2.70M 209M 294 Finder 0.0% 0:27.66 6 217 273 8.01M 19.1M 12.7M 247M 292 SystemUISe 0.0% 0:52.21 6 258 315 65.6M 14.6M 66.8M 299M 290 Dock 0.0% 0:09.21 2 150 208 3.45M 22.1M 14.0M 233M 283 pbs 0.0% 0:00.87 2 41 39 1.04M 8.01M 2.13M 59.3M 231 automount 0.0% 0:00.22 3 41 29 240K 820K 688K 28.7M It's been many years since I've had to restart due to a crash or something like that. Macs just work. |
2005-07-04, 11:29 AM | #16 |
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Hmm, I have a password finger print, umm...okay no I don't, but I write my passwords down on my hand...does that count?
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2005-07-04, 12:40 PM | #18 |
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So you can just plug the fingerprint thing into any computer and it autofill your passwords on that machine too?
Does it work with all your apps or just IE? |
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