Re: ibutton door access control

["Stuart Grimshaw" <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

Paul makes a good point here, it's all well and good having as much
security
on your doors as you like, and while it might defeat some theives, you're
always going to get the yob who'll just throw a brick through your window,
and save putting bars over, or bricking up your windows, the only thing you
can try and do is try and detect that they have done it...

----- Original Message -----
From: paul gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 11:12 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] ibutton door access control


> In all this whizzy stuff about about ibutton door access control, has
> anybody stopped to think about the obvious (to me anyway) problem with
this
> whole scenario, which is namely: how much more likely is it that you'd
> "lose" your keys, rather than have someone steal them in an
effort to get
> into your house?
>
> How exactly does having a flashy, secure, personalised ibutton improve
upon
> this situation? - it's still a "thing" that you have to
carry around with
> you, and if you leave the house in the morning and forget to take it
with
> you (can happen!) - you're stuffed! - If you "lose" your key
at work, or
> lock it in your car, you're stuffed - you're standing at your front
door,
> with no ibutton, and no way of gaining access to your own house!
>
> In my view, the ONLY way forward for conditional access control has
got to
> be based on one of the various biometric recognition technologies.
Currently
> I am aware of reliable recognition based on fingerprint scanning,
> Iris/retina scanning, voice recognition, and face recognition. I have
seen
> all except the iris/retina recognition techniques in use, (which I've
seen
> on TV), and I have played with fingerprint and face recognition
hardware &
> software. Both of these use cheap commodity components (Compaq's
fingerprint
> scanner costs £75, and face recognition works with just about any
webcam),
> and I reckon either of these would be ideally suited to a domestic
> environment, and _very_ affordable. - It just needs someone to provide
the
> "glue" between these existing access control systems (which
are designed
for
> access control to PC's - logon based on your face), and a HA system -
a
> device driver between your PC and your front door if you like!
>
> Now, how are you going to ever "forget" to come home with
your face!??
>
> (OK, I've been "off my face" on a few Friday nights, but
that's exactly
when
> I tend to have a very hard time opening my front door the traditional
way!!)
>
> Paul G.
>
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