[ltp] Fingerprint reader and the Bios
Rolf Kutz
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:43:15 +0100
* Quoting Michele Campeotto (micampe@micampe.it):
> On 12/15/05, Sean Dague <sean@dague.net> wrote:
> > Doesn't really matter though. With an egg of Play-Doh you can fool the
> > thing: http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_28878.shtml
>
> Not really, the ThinkPad fingerprint reader is a swipe sensor just
> to prevent that. Imagine what happens when you sweep a ball of
> Play-Doh on something.
Play-Doh is just an example.
http://www.ccc.de/biometrie/fingerabdruck_kopieren.xml
- Rolf