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   I want one. Now.

   

   Ryan, Dec 21st, 2000 @ 2:18pm

   
   

   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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   Re: I want one. Now.

   

   Ryan, Dec 21st, 2000 @ 3:11pm

   
   

   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, Dec 24th, 2000 @ 2:42pm

   
   

   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), Dec 24th, 2000 @ 5:00pm

   
   

   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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