[ltp] Other uses for the fingerprint reader?

[Ben Pearre]

>   - heart rate monitor?
>   - lie detector?  is it possible to measure skin resistivity given that
> it's a capacitative sensor?
>   - some sort of theremin?
>   - drum pad?
>   - scratch pad? (like DJs use for manually controlling the speed of an
> LP record)

That is absolutely brilliant, especially the theremin!  You're sick!
*evil grin*

I don't know how to do it yet, but since fingerprint readers are more
convenient and less secure than passwords, I'm hoping to set up my
screensaver thus: after n minutes it locks so that the fingerprint
reader can unlock it, and m minutes after that (or if the computer is
moved) then a finger swipe will no longer suffice.

My current computer is set up so that when the power cord is unplugged
it locks, the idea being that it's hard to steal a laptop without
unplugging it.

Any comments on more effective / evil policies?  Perhaps an
accelerometer-based theft alarm...?

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