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    Sony Selling World's Tiniest USB Finger Vein Reader

    Prevent Imposter Lovers With The Fingerprint Ring

    Apple's Future iPhone Patents Show Fingerprint ID For Different Gestures, Plus More

    Every Sheet of Paper Has a Unique 'Fingerprint'

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    Image of VideoVampire VideoVampire
    12/01/09

    In reply to Sony Selling World's Tiniest USB Finger Vein Reader
    I think Sony gave me that "full colonoscopic verification" when I bought my Bravia...oh no wait that was just me getting screwed...well I knew it SOUNDED familiar.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    12/01/09

    In reply to Sony Selling World's Tiniest USB Finger Vein Reader
    How much more accurate is this vein scanner from a standard fingerprint scanner, such as what Lenovo puts on their Thinkpad devices? The latter we have found to be problematic and relatively easy to crack, but if this is a major improvement - that would be a fantastic step forward. Ideally, it would be nice to have something like this plugged into all of our desktops in the office and staff could authenticate with nothing more than giving us the finger. Insulting, sure - but much more entertaining than remembering a 14 character password.
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    Image of Hank Scorpio Hank Scorpio
    12/01/09

    In reply to Sony Selling World's Tiniest USB Finger Vein Reader
    "zebra pants and slap bracelets" - awesome. (So glad I didn't dress like that back then!)
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    Image of I-Love-Gizhacker I-Love-Gizhacker
    12/01/09

    In reply to Sony Selling World's Tiniest USB Finger Vein Reader
    And I thought there didn't need to be any more forms of verification after:
    -Fingerprint scans
    -Retinal Scans
    -Facial Recognition
    -DNA matching
    -Racial Profiling (if it's enough for the TSA agents to pull me to the side, it MUST be legit)
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    Image of AkkiRonin AkkiRonin
    12/01/09

    @I-Love-Gizhacker: The thing with biometrics is most have some weakness so generally you combine a couple distinct methods. If vein is good on "liveness" requirements that would complement several of the others that can be spoofed with physical copies like photos.
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    Image of gumwrapper gumwrapper
    12/01/09

    In reply to Sony Selling World's Tiniest USB Finger Vein Reader
    How about we have a Flesh Light penis reader. In order to log into your computer you shove your cock into the penis reader kinda like in the movie Gattica only way way different.
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    Image of Hank Scorpio Hank Scorpio
    12/01/09

    @gumwrapper: I think Quamire has one of those.
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    Image of Jesse in Japan Jesse in Japan
    10/15/09

    In reply to Prevent Imposter Lovers With The Fingerprint Ring
    This is a very common problem, actually, but I've found that the best solution is to tattoo both the lover and the twin sister with slightly different barcodes in a place that neither of them notices or is aware of.
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    Image of meeksdigital meeksdigital
    10/14/09

    In reply to Prevent Imposter Lovers With The Fingerprint Ring
    What if you want it to be her sister?
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    Image of ¡¡OMD!! ¡¡OMD!!
    10/14/09

    In reply to Prevent Imposter Lovers With The Fingerprint Ring
    If you can not otherwise tell the difference, then does it really matter?
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    Image of Bon5ai Bon5ai
    10/14/09

    In reply to Prevent Imposter Lovers With The Fingerprint Ring
    Her twin would have the same fingerprints.
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    10/14/09

    @Bon5ai: [multiples.about.com]
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    10/13/09

    In reply to Prevent Imposter Lovers With The Fingerprint Ring
    It'll have to be pretty thick to do a good sized finger. My 10mm Abyss Replica Titanium band is considered huge, and only covers like 40% of my fingerprint.

    I do like the uniqueness, though. About my level of quirk.
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    10/14/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_NeedsToGoWalk: I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest your level of quirk is actually a bit higher.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/02/09

    In reply to Apple's Future iPhone Patents Show Fingerprint ID For Different Gestures, Plus More
    This is an example of where technology just requires me to do more work.


    Like the speed dial numbers of old, I'm never going to remember more than one or two combinations.

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    Image of Monty Monty
    03/13/09

    In reply to Every Sheet of Paper Has a Unique 'Fingerprint'
    So, if we print out that Nigerian scam email on a sheet of paper, does this mean we can catch that asshole?


    Ignoring the fact that every person in the universe talks about going "paperless", it is great that this can be done.

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    Image of Skiphex Skiphex
    03/13/09

    In reply to Every Sheet of Paper Has a Unique 'Fingerprint'
    "Our technique is secure against counterfeiting and robust to harsh handling"


    I'm surprised that "harsh handling" doesn't alter the fingerprint.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    03/13/09

    @Skiphex: I was wondering if "getting wet" counted. B/c it seems like paper that has gotten wet is never the same again.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/16/09

    In reply to Wild Planet Pocket Forensics Kit Sorts Out Any Playroom Crime Scene
    I think I'd rather have Encyclopedia Brown on the case...
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    Image of frigg frigg
    01/02/09

    In reply to Million Dollar Border Security Machines Fooled with Ten Cent Tape
    Actually, a lot of expensive face recognition systems are no better. If you wrap up your face with enough scotch tape, you can fool most of them too.
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    Image of marzer marzer
    01/03/09

    @frigg: And wrapped with enough duck tape you could pass yourself off as a waterfowl.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    01/03/09

    @marzer: plus, if you're clever with the tape, you can make a pouch, pass yourself off as a marsupial, and hop onto just about any plane you like.
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