Fingerprint passwords

I think fingerprinting passwords is an excellent idea, as for them not being the strongest type though, not sure I agree…

i occasionally have files that i’d rather not have anyone else trying to putz with – budget spreadsheets, expense tracking, bank account balances, etc. sometimes it’s just easier to use a password that you dont have to try to remember in your head. instead of trying to figure out which password you used for that particular information, just use your fingerprint.
of course, if you’re the type to eat greasy food while using your computer, then maybe it’s not for you. personally i keep any and all food at least 3 feet from my computer, just to be safe.

as for it being more secure, yes it is for the average person. as for extremely high security systems, we’ve all seen movies where biometrics get faked. whether or not that’s actually possible (i’m sure it is) or as simple as they make it seem, that’s up for debate.

personally i’d like to have one of these fingerprint id scanners. one more piece of gadgetry.

That’s just the thing…you CAN’T make a copy of someone’s fingerprint. No two people in the world have the same fingerprint, that’s why it would be so hard to copy and get into other people’s private files.

I’m thinking that if its possible to read a fingerprint, then why wouldn’t it be possible to use that information to make a copy of a fingerprint… ok maybe not at this moment, but in the future possibly…

And technically, not everyones fingerprints are unique. For example, Identical twins have identical fingerprints… Ok, maybe i’m just being awkward with that but meh.

i don’t think it would be a question of copying the actual fingerprint. like most passwords these days, i’m guessing a stored hash of the fingerprint would be verified with a created hash (by putting your fingerprint on a reader). if someone could inject hashes into this fingerprint reader (and had the victims fingerprint hash) the person’s fingerprint would be pretty useless.

fingerprints are being used at the naperville library: http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/333 Naperville library has hash verification to filter “bad things” from the internet for kids. kids are using their friends fingerprints to bypass the filters.

personally i don’t like all this fingerprint verification. fingerprint storage by free email providers would be really scary. most people that create free email address are using those remain slightly more anonymous. if a fingerprint were needed to signup it would allow people like the government (who would obviously keep hashes of criminals fingerprints) to find out how many criminals (or past criminals) signed up for free email. i can see the use for places like the secretary of state office where you have to provide two forms of identification… instead you could just bust out your thumb and bam! 😉 i don’t think i’d like to have private companies to have my fingerprint on file.

in some movies (because they are obvious the most realistic in depicting the future) they have some kind of “living” verification where biometric dealies like this check to see if the person who is trying to open/access a place is alive (like if someone killed you and tried to use your dead eye to unlock the safe that had millions of dollars… it wouldn’t work). it’s interesting to see how technology “evolves”.

Actually, no, identical twins do NOT have the same fingerprints. NOBODY in the entire world has the same fingerprints, like i said.

Identical twins have SIMILAR traits, but not EVERYTHING is completely the same. What if one twin committed a crime, and the other twin did not, but the innocent twin was being charged because his fingerprint is the same as his brother/sister? I learned it in my bio class. 10th grade.