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One thing that needs to be pointed out is that the sensitive data with the fingerprint scanner should not be physically easily accessible to the person trying to access the data. Keeping your systems physically secure is just as important as keeping them electonically secure. Sure, if you leave you systems out in a dark alley and allow people unmonitored access to them so they can take them to their research lab full of circuit boards, gummy bears and other McGyver-esque devices, then you are in big trouble. The added benefit to this is that the 'passwords' generated by these devices are far more difficult to break when you don't have physical access to the device (for example, an outside hack through the net).

Are the scanners foolproof? No way. Are they effective under the righ circumstances? Absolutely.
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Passwords  harv839 | 02/25/04
Generate passwords that you can't remember is stupid  hal9000mx | 02/25/04
How it works  Ardian Daka | 02/25/04
Oh boy  Fred Fredrickson | 02/25/04
Nice in Theory...  wolf_z | 02/26/04
Still more secure  Domb2 | 02/26/04
It works...  B_HI | 02/26/04
"What you know" element  FirstNLastN | 02/25/04
Biometrics to login? ugh.  jfrankcarr | 02/25/04
but...  ryusen | 02/25/04
We were concerned about this  jfrankcarr | 02/25/04
Urine Sample Login  dkwiatkowski@... | 02/25/04
i'll drink to that! (nt)  ryusen | 02/25/04
This logically follows  Debunker | 03/01/04
That is so easy  just-me_z | 12/10/04
Chip implant will be the next [permanent] password for life  IT Analyst | 02/25/04
RFID implants to be exact, in right hand, forehead!  BillyB40 | 07/08/04
RFID Consumer is unaware  sdhometech@... | 01/01/05
That's so easy to beat  just-me_z | 12/10/04
More for the BG Pocket  mabricen | 02/25/04
I think  skeptic tank | 02/25/04
Bill Gates has watched...  BitTwiddler | 02/25/04
Or perhaps a ditgital retinal EyeScan  DragonBRockin | 02/25/04
False sense of security...  xunil skcor | 02/25/04
Gates  chuckleberry | 02/25/04
Products are already showing up.  ShadeTree | 02/25/04
Not secure....  Jose Jimenez | 02/25/04
A lot of Work and cost  ShadeTree | 02/25/04
For a determined hacker....  Jose Jimenez | 02/25/04
With ease?  MalumRegnat | 02/26/04
Instead of...  Jose Jimenez | 02/26/04
gummy  first last | 02/26/04
Try to build a logical chain ...  Vily Clay | 02/25/04
The Sky is Falling!!!!!  Confused by religion | 02/25/04
... and more ...  Ardian Daka | 02/25/04
(NT) I thought the West Bank wall was reinforced concrete? :o)  Jack-Booted EULA | 02/25/04
MS ?smart? sheep made me laugh. Thanks. (NT)  Vily Clay | 02/25/04
Laughing requires some form of intelligence !!! (NT)  Ardian Daka | 02/25/04
Exactly!!!  Vily Clay | 02/25/04
waw !!!  Ardian Daka | 02/25/04
To adaka: Have a nice day !!!  Vily Clay | 02/25/04
No,  michael-t | 02/27/04
The Sky is Falling!!!!!  zd-spam | 02/25/04
I hate to admit it  skeptic tank | 02/25/04
I ran across this reappointment 2004 slogan today:  Jack-Booted EULA | 02/25/04
No, it only appears lonely...  Still Lynn | 02/27/04
This link might be of use to you  jfrankcarr | 02/25/04
How many parrots learn words ?Aluminum Foil? ?  Vily Clay | 02/25/04
-  Ardian Daka | 02/25/04
Do you charge for your advices? (NT)  Vily Clay | 02/25/04
Gates- Passwords work.. your OS doesn't cut it!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 02/25/04
Big Head small brain  michael-t | 02/25/04
He may well be right...  John L. Ries | 02/25/04
Gates does not predict the end of the password  bib1963 | 02/25/04
It's so simple.  Cardinal_Bill | 02/25/04
Gates: Days of Crappy OS's numbered  Hard Cider | 02/25/04
Repost: Or perhaps a ditgital retinal EyeScan  DragonBRockin | 02/26/04
well death of "JUST" a password anyway  V Sanders | 02/26/04
What?  V Sanders | 02/26/04
Gates,security?  tlyon | 02/26/04
OMFG i'm ROTFLMFAO  B_HI | 02/26/04
What about encryption/digital signatures?  CobraA1 | 02/26/04
Passwords are forever  epass | 02/27/04
He also predicted  michael-t | 02/27/04
kiss  >sparky< | 06/03/04

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