[TML] Seemingly High Tech Computer Stuff

[Bruce Johnson]

On Nov 5, 2007, at 4:33 PM, <Traveller at dhimaging.com.au> wrote:

> Which is why voice coded passwords aren't used in security  
> sensitive places.
> Retina scans are pretty good.

Obligatory "Demolition Man"/Jeff Dunham mashup: "On a steeek!"

> Those fingerprint scanners on laptops are a joke.

Fer crying out loud, this is authentication tech on a device you can  
steal the hard drive from  (on most laptops it's one phillips screw  
on the bottom.) in about 15 seconds.

> 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,

OUCH! Maybe once, but that would get real old real fast...puts a  
whole new meaning to the term 'daily grind'. Be simpler to just spit  
on the sensor.

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs