[ltp] Fingerprint reader and the Bios

Vivek Dasmohapatra linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:52:53 +0000 (GMT)


On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Aaron Mulder wrote:

> This whole conversation seems kind of surreal to me.  If anyone wants
> to log in to my machine so much that they'll capture my fingerprint
> and make a mold of my finger to fool the fingerprint sensor, then
> surely they could equivalently mount a camera to capture my password.

Your fingerprints can be retrieved after the fact. From the laptop.
No prior setup required.