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Wednesday February 23, 2005 01:32 by Rasta4i's
New Technologies - Biometrics The terms "Biometrics" and "Biometry" have been used since early in the 20th century to refer to the field of development of statistical and mathematical methods connected to data analysis problems in the biological sciences. Nowadays, biometrics is the measurement of an individual's unique physical characteristics, such as face and voice patterns, signature analysis, iris scans, hand geometry and the most common, fingerprints. |
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The Embedded Security System replaces the standard Microsoft Windows password entry screen with the biometric fingerprint scan. Therefore, ones unique biometric code identity is stored on the hard drive. Hack the computer and personal identity theft/intelligence gathering is easy.
It is probable that this will become standard on all computers in the very near future. Also in the pipeline is voice recognition and eye scan log in.
Biometric Laptop now becoming the norm
For the return of my index finger.