[TML] Seemingly High Tech Computer Stuff

[Eris Reddoch]

Bruce Johnson wrote:
>> 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.

Ouch is right! If DNA is your passcode, then you better not 
let anyone get hold of any of your bodily fluids, dead skin, 
hair because any of that could be used to simulate *you* 
and...um, starting to remind me of voodoo!

Security through Biometrics sounds good and likely will be 
convenient, but the more convenient it is the less secure it 
will be. Fingerprints: mold his print, or if you're being 
gross take his finger or whole hand, dna: that's easy!, 
retinal scan: hard now, but I bet it could be modeled if you 
had access to that eyeball, voice/face/hand geometry 
recognition: I'm sure any of that's fakable.


Eris