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Re: biometrics
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Carl Ellison)
Thu Jan 24 02:47:41 2002
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Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 23:10:32 -0800
To: Ryan McBride <mcbride@countersiege.com>
From: Carl Ellison <cme@acm.org>
Cc: cryptography@wasabisystems.com
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At 06:33 PM 1/23/2002 -0500, Ryan McBride wrote:
>Sigh... If only technology worked in real life like it does in the
>movies.
But, you're missing the point. You're trying to evaluate biometrics
on security grounds.
Think of it as a convenience mechanism. It's so much more convenient
to let the camera look at your face than to type a password!
It's also sexy.
Sounds like a sure winner to me. :-(
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