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To: Cooters who wrote (2231)	10/4/2000 6:46:13 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12242

Coots, that sounds good, but another credit card is another thing to carry around. A fingerprint [or iris] plus a password in case somebody photographs your iris and duplicates it is more my style. Maybe a bright light could shine and the iris change in respone to the pupil closing could be an added security feature. What happens when you lose your SecureID card? Mq

To: Cooters who wrote (2231)	10/5/2000 2:57:12 AM
From: S100	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12242

Secure ID sounds like this snip a product called "Secure ID" was being used to restrict unauthorized access. Pac Bell employees had to use a tiny card that contained a unique algorithm synchronized with a computer. Every thirty seconds the card would create a new random number, and if the number didn't match up with the computer, the holder was denied access. snip And there was something else that Kevin had told me years ago. He had stolen a manual to Secure ID and hinted that for him the miracle card Pac Bell was counting on to protect its systems was no more than a difficult password, hardly a challenge for an elite hacker. snip Kevin = Kevin Poulsen