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Article #10961Re: Crestar Fingerprinting Assault
From: W.R. Giacona
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 00:00
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David wrote: I won't swear by this but I'm pretty sure I heard a bank in the NE was field testing a ATM that used retinal scans instead of pins. > > Fredrick Rea O'Keefe <fredrick@tech-center.com> wrote: > > > >And what would you think of the time, soon approaching, when retinal scans > >will be used for ID? > > They won't be. Human retinal patterns are not static. If they scan > your retina for a file copy, it will be different in less than a week, > and completely different in about 3 months. This makes them useless as > an ID technique. > -- _______________________________________________________ W.R. "Gig" Giacona
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1038e3,bd68304469da4d0a X-Google-Attributes: gid1038e3,public X-Google-Thread: 104271,bd68304469da4d0a X-Google-Attributes: gid104271,public X-Google-Thread: f4d80,bd68304469da4d0a X-Google-Attributes: gidf4d80,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,bd68304469da4d0a X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-Thread: 107518,6a2050cc875c3006 X-Google-Attributes: gid107518,public From: "W.R. Giacona" <wrg@arkansas.net> Subject: Re: Crestar Fingerprinting Assault Date: 1997/09/09 Message-ID: <3415AB2B.4222@arkansas.net> X-Deja-AN: 271156490 References: <5ujs1c$i1t3@beaker.nit.gwu.edu> <341067BA.5865@digex.net> <5usseh$68l$1@usenet81.supernews.com> <5uu4du$6fs$2@gte2.gte.net> <5v43ko$9nt$1@celica.visix.com> To: david@visix.com Organization: X-No-Archive: Yes Newsgroups: misc.consumers,misc.legal,alt.law-enforcement,alt.privacy,dc.general