[ltp] Biometrics (was T42p bluetooth?)

[Chris Schumann]

> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 14:35:05 -0700
> From: Osho GG <oshogg@gmail.com>

> On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:13:35 -0400 (EDT), Aaron Mulder
> <ammulder@alumni.princeton.edu> wrote:
> >         See, I think the mafia would like this.  Dead men tell no
> > passwords, but you can still cut off their fingers.  :)
> > 
> 
> Hmm.. maybe you need to get the "live pulse checker" upgrade option :)
> 
> Osho

This is a real thing. There are fingerprint readers that do tests to
ensure a pulse exists. There are algorithms that will discard an exact
duplicate too, figuring the communication had been recorded and played
back.

"They call 'em fingers but I never seen 'em fing. Oh, there they go." 
-- Otto Mann (Simpson's busdriver)