From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 19:00:34 -0800 (PST)
To: John Young <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: STE_pup
Message-ID: <199702120300.TAA04924@toad.com>
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At 11:39 AM 2/11/97 -0500, John Young wrote:
>  Oracle's new fingerprint checking device to assure bona fide
>  log-on privileges. Covers other such devices, quotes a maker:
>  "if criminals or hackers get through these, industry will
>  step up one more level."

Fingerprint readers tend to work regardless if the finger is attached to a
body or not. All that fingerprint readers will do is increase the damage to
those relying on ever increasing, but misguided, methods of authentication.
See the rise in "identity theft" since SSN's began to be used for
identification.



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