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Date:      Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:08:46 +0300
From:      Alex Povolotsky <tarkhil@webmail.sub.ru>
To:        remko@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IBM Thinkpad's fingerprint scanner
Message-ID:  <456A025E.9010206@webmail.sub.ru>
In-Reply-To: <4569FFC4.10003@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <4569F9C7.3080005@webmail.sub.ru> <4569FFC4.10003@FreeBSD.org>

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Remko Lodder wrote:
> Not taking into account that fingerprints can easily be
> spoofed within 10 minutes (And with high reliability),
> as seen on the what the hack conference last year.
>
> Using ssh with a pub/private key is much safer, so i hope
> you are not using this as a security measure...

Sounds reasonable; however, it's a measure for LOCAL access. Anyone can 
detach notebook and carry it away within 10 minutes and with high 
reliability. And it's cool after all ;)

Alex.




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