Anti-Theft Device For Handbags

from the lock-down-time dept

Ever get the feeling that we're increasingly in "lock down everything" mode? It seems that we keep needing to lock down more things with more sophisticated locks - and yet, we never feel much safer. Now, a design student has come up with a plan for a fingerprint scanner on a handbag to try to deter thieves from stealing the bag or simply pickpocketing stuff out of the bag while the owner isn't looking. Next, we'll need a similar device at the wallet level. There has already been talk about a voice-activated credit card, so adding this to lock down your cash is the next step, apparently.
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  1. identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 22 Jun 2004 @ 12:27pm

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    So I steal the WHOLE bag & cut it open.

    link to this | view in thread ]

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    hanzie, 23 Jun 2004 @ 7:48am

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    Or do it the fun way: steal the whole bag and cut off the owner's finger. See, that's why I dislike biometrics. Imagine what a really greedy thief would do to steal your irisscan-protected luxury vehicle...

    I think I'll stick to just being robbed.

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    Anonymous Coward, 13 Sep 2005 @ 7:38am

    Re: No Subject Given

    oh well...

    link to this | view in thread ]


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