NEC Hybrid Fingerprint Scanner is Hard to Trick, Unless You Have a Twin With the Same Fingerprints and Veins
February 25th, 2011
There are all sorts of uses for fingerprint scanners in the tech world. You can use them to log into notebooks and smartphones without having to type a password. You can also use a fingerprint scanner to log into corporate networks. The problem is that some fingerprint scanners are not as secure or as easy to use as others are.
NEC has announced a new contactless hybrid fingerprint scanner called the HS100-10 that scans both the fingerprint and the finger veins at the same time. The dual scan makes the reader very difficult to trick. The fact that the sensor doesn’t need to touch the finger means it works well on very dry or very wet hands.
The reader’s accuracy also means that you won’t have to scan your finger over and over trying to get a decent read to log-in. NEC says that the reader is also compatible with major access software Tivoli from IBM and Novell SecureLogin.
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I’ve never understood why car companies don’t offer biometric key systems to prevent theft. Imagine if the only person who could drive your car could be you or a family member. I’d think that would be way more effective than a key or RFID device that can be easily duplicated.
Fingerprint scanners are far more sensible to environmental effects than RFID devices. That is one of the reasons, why you do not find any car with fingerprint scanner.
Also in winter how you want take the ice from the fingerprint scanner without destroying it?
Soon we will not even need keys.
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RE: “Unless You Have a Twin With the Same Fingerprints and Veins”
Twins do NOT have identical fingerprints. Check your facts.
Technabob: We are doing such technology within the fleet market.After being in the security industry for 25 years in which time i have exploited and reverse engineered a lot of the market biometrics.
watch this space as its soon to go live.
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Biotecnix
Cool. Seems like a really smart idea.