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Pastimes : The New Qualcomm - write what you like thread.
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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (2234)10/4/2000 7:27:05 PM
From: Drew Williams  Read Replies (1) of 12245
 
One of the security industry magazines I get had an article recently about the impending transition to using biometrics, specifically fingerprints, for access to everything.

So, at the door where there is now a proximity or mag stripe card reader, there will be a reader against which you press your thumb. Put the same reader on the front of your PC and forget about logins and passcodes. Put the same reader on the front of a bank machine or cash register and forget about carrying any plastic. Put one on your CDMA2000 handset and forget about SIMs and all that; if someone borrows your phone, the bill for the call goes to them and not you.

Manufacturable technology to do this exists today. Somebody just has to decide to do it.
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