Re: Secure USB Flash Device for Linux and other OSes

From: rblah (deepcover_at_mpx.com.au)
Date: 01/10/04 

Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 15:29:17 +0000

Dude, fingerprints always remain the same. Even if you've cut your
finger it will heal back to it's original state.

I did hear a story about a thief who tried to use acid to burn off his
fingerprints. After months of excruciating pain they grew back to what
they were.

If you lose your hands. Bummer.

Chris

Leon. wrote:
> "Christopher Browne" <cbbrowne@acm.org> wrote in message
> news:btfl8g$6leu6$1@ID-125932.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
>>The world rejoiced as grimzap@yahoo.com (grimzap) wrote:
>>
>>>1. A biometric pad for a fingerprint authentication (I have seen the
>>>BioStik but have yet to verify if the fingerprint authentication works
>>>with Linux... if you know, let me know).
>>
>>The vendor claims that it works with Linux and MacOS-X, and in view of
>>it being a "driverless USB device," that seems quite likely to
>>actually be true.
>
>
>
> Well the fingerprint trick might work, until everyone knows the universal
> codes to unlock it ??
>
> Or do these things lock forever if it decides that its got your thumb print
> , but you can never reproduce that thumb print ?
>
> I mean, what do you if you cut your thumb and the fingerprint never works
> again ?