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To: Hockeyfan who wrote (13782)	6/4/1999 10:10:00 AM
From: brad greene	Respond to of 26039

Hockeyfan, More Machines to Ohio? What what what? I thought we were in the process of scooping an Illinois deal?.....and practicing our German......and watching IDX sit in the toilet....as the volume goes to nothing. bg

To: Hockeyfan who wrote (13782)	6/4/1999 11:41:00 AM
From: David	Respond to of 26039

The merits of off-network data storage . . . It does look like the Siemens language does endorse the idea that the F3 employs a higher security architecture than the Compaq/IDT architecture, but the fact that Siemens is using a minutiae-type system tells us that F3 (pattern recognition) isn't itself on the card. A smart card based databank is clearly more secure than a server-based databank. (How can a hacker access information you carry in your wallet?) However, once you have moved your information storage off-network, the security differences between F3 and IDT are minimized. That's where the Motorola connection comes in . . . virtually F3 level security at IDT-level pricing, via a specialized in-reader processing chip that can compare the proferred fingerprint image to the stored template. And it will be usable in both PC and non-PC environments. When Compaq and other OEMs go to a smart card reader, that system should be able to convert to a Motorola chip-driven biometric smart card data base.