biometrics

[Bill Frantz]

At 12:11 PM -0800 1/23/02, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>Biometrics are perhaps useful for things like ATM machines and similar
>situations where the system demanding authentication is composed
>entirely of trusted hardware under the complete physical control of
>the entities demanding the authentication.

I must admit that I worry about the ATMs in places like bars.  These
machines do not seem to have a lot of physical protection.

Cheers - Bill


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