Re: biometrics gets even better!

["Brendan" <jbh@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Paul,

I know of some manufs who include temperature and pulse sensing
to help ensure that the finger is 'live'.
These systems tend, however, to be incorp in the more expensive
units for use in e.g. banking systems, etc.

Brendan

-----Original Message-----
From: paul gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Date: 07 April 2000 20:07
Subject: [ukha_d] biometrics gets even better!


>Well, how's about this for timing, this very afternoon I had the
pleasure
of
>spending some time with Fujitsu-Siemens computers, who showed me some
>forthcoming products that will be available in the next few
weeks/months...
>
>One of them is a PC mouse with a fingerprint scanner built into the top
of
>it (just behind the scroll-wheel), and another was a PC keyboard with a
>fingerprint scanner built-in just to the right and just above the Enter
>key...
>
>The mouse should be available soon - I'm informed they are currently
working
>on a deal to sell them in Dixons & PC world, and they are expected
to be
>about £70 a pop. No price or availability on the keyboard, he would
only
say
>that it is still a beta product.
>
>Most interesting of all though, was that he told me that the technology
is
>based on sensing the sweat on the fingertip to measure the surface
contour
>(it measures 11 discrete contours of the fingertip), and he told me
that it
>therefore cannot be fooled by someone cutting off a finger and using it
>(unless it's VERY fresh, I guess...).
>
>So, to whoever it was last week in the excellent ibutton vs biometric
>debate, who suggested that someone might cut off their finger to fool a
>fingerprint based access control system, - well that's already been
solved
>then hasn't it!! - told you biometrics is the way to go didn't I? - you
just
>see if I'm right....
>
>(First Compaq, now F-S... who next? - how long before every PC using
person
>is completely at home with the idea of scanning their fingerprint to
log
>in?....)
>
>Have a GREAT weekend all....
>
>Paul G.
>
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