[ltp] credit fingerprint

[Kilian CAVALOTTI]

On Wednesday 22 June 2005 15:05, Alejandro Bonilla wrote:
> Of course we do! I have it in my T42 and it rockks! If my girlfriend calls
> me and tells me to give her the password to get into the PC, I tell her,
> that she will need my finger. :). OK, it is more secure cause, it's a
> fingerprint and, ahh what could be cooler than that? How can some normall
> person, or someone somehow experienced crack into the system? they can't!!

Mmmh. Even if your girlfriend is not an 1337 hax0r, she can't be blind enou=
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to miss that pressing Ctrl-Alt-Suppr at the Winlogon prompt (which actually=
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is the only login prompt taking advantage of the fingerprint reader) will=20
bring the plain old login/password input box. :)

Despite this, login-at-a-finger is the coolest feature I've seen for years,=
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and since I use it, I think I won't be able to live without anymore.=20

The second coolest app is the IBM Security Suite thing, which can store you=
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web login/passwords and restore them with a simple touch of your finger.=20
Naturally login to your webmail with one finger, in front of some geeky=20
friends, and you'll be the king ;)

> I do wonder if it would still work if you propperly de-attach the
> fingerprint reader from the board. :/

I want to believe that the fingerprints IDs are stored in the TPM chip rath=
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than in the reader itself.

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Kilian CAVALOTTI                      Administrateur r=E9seaux et syst=E8mes
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