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  Ryan, 21 Dec 2000 @ 2:18pm

  
  

  I want one. Now.

  I really really do. While the iris scanner might take longer to be accepted (a lot of people feel creeped out having their eye scanned), I think devices such as the keyboard with the fingerprint scanner may start coming in demand for extremely paranoid and security-conscious individuals and organizations. I like the iris scanner better, though.

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    Ryan, 21 Dec 2000 @ 3:11pm

    
    

    Re: I want one. Now.

    The only thing that worries me is that these type of biometric devices always seem to be on their way but never quite arrive on to the market.

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  u2604ab, 24 Dec 2000 @ 2:42pm

  
  

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  1. It's weird that Mike is more enthused/less skeptical off the cuff about this technology than Ryan is.
  
  2. My password problems are due to a myriad of internet & computer sites and services. Not using unique passwords for the administrative stuff at school, the workstations in lab, and my primary e-mail addy would be a little daft. Then there are the zillion web services-- paypal, napster, DSL/earthlink, etc for which I'd have a hard time remembering even my login name if I hadn't started reverting to the very first login name ever assigned to me (u2604ab) for everything.
  
  I don't see how retinal scans are going to help me remember my password for the online banking site I use once a month. As far as just 'bio-identification' goes, I'd argue that Apple's voice recognition system (remember the "my voice is my password" PR from Apple about a year ago?) works pretty well.
  
  

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    Mike (profile), 24 Dec 2000 @ 5:00pm

    
    

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    Who said I was enthused about it? I haven't commented about this at all. I think it's all a bunch of hooey, actually. I'll believe these things when I see it. I think for the most part people are fine with the password systems in place now, and most folks couldn't care less about biometric security protections.

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