[TML] Seemingly High Tech Computer Stuff

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[mailto:tml-bounces at travellercentral.com] On Behalf Of Garry Ward
Sent: Tuesday, 6 November 2007 4:21 AM
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Subject: Re: [TML] Seemingly High Tech Computer Stuff


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From: "Jeff Zeitlin" <jzeitlin at spamcop.net>
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Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [TML] Seemingly High Tech Computer Stuff


> On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 00:20:09 +0900, Michael Jenkins wrote:
>
>>Likewise for voice interface - can you imagine trying to work in a
>>crowded office where everyone's talking to their computer?
>
>>Noisy.
>
> Or worse, in a cubical farm, someone working on a system that's being
> (temporarily?) recalcitrant, and loses his temper and screams, loud
> enough for the whole farm (and therefore all of the computers) to hear:
> "NO, GODDAMMIT, DELETE THAT!".
And passwords.

If you interact with the computer by talking, how do you keep the password 
secret?

Of course, that then opens the whole issue of using voice recongnition 
instead of passwords, but what happens if you come to work with a head cold 
and you're sinsus are stuffed up and you're voice isn't recognizable to the 
computer?

Or you've had dental work and the anesthetic hasn't worn off and your lips 
and tongue aren't working right, so the computer refuses to acknowledge you 
as an authorized user.

Garry
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[joel]

Which is why voice coded passwords aren't used in security sensitive places.
Retina scans are pretty good.
Those fingerprint scanners on laptops are a joke.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a small shaver that slices a sliver of skin
off the end of your finger and do a dna check in the future, coupled with a
temperature sensor (is the finger warm?), and then type or say your pass
phrase.