Lamar Owen wrote:
> On Thursday, January 20, 2011 12:03:27 pm m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Lamar Owen wrote:
>> > Fingerprints are too easily faked. Mythbusters did it in a 'Crime and
>> > Mythdemeanors' episode a few years ago.
>
>> I can beat that: I read, a month or so ago, how a bunch of elementary
>> school kids discovered that wet Gummi Bears would hold a fingerprint,
>> *and* (they didn't understand this) have more or less the same
>> electrical conductivity....
<snip>
> Two-factor security should be standard, really. Fingerprint plus ID card,
> or fingerprint plus keycode, etc. One factor being something you uniquely
> have, and the other being either something you have or something you know.
<snip>
We (the Feds) are using PIV cards, which have passkeys, and, of course,
the username. I prefer what I have from my employer: the RSA keyfobs. No
trouble at all, *and* you need the username, keyfob and a pin.
mark
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