Personal ID technology

Shinji

Quick query...

What does anyone here know about Personal ID technologies? The things that will replace PIN numbers, bank cards and passwords in the future, both online and offline? Stuff like instant DNA fingerprinting, or retina-scanners..... URLs or any other info would be much appreciated. I have a lot of the basic stuff, I'm just looking for the really exotic now

Ja,
Rob

WhiteWashMan

http://www.europe.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9910/01/goldfinger.idg/index.html

Hobbes

If you ever visit the States they now take DNA samples from your luggage.

I got hit with it. The woman got a swab and starts running it around the handles of my luggage. I asked her what she was doing she said it tests for explosives, when I said it looked more like they were swabbing for DNA where they are most likely to find it on the luggage she got all flustered.

Just search on the net for the stuff. Good starting points is av.com deja.com and slashdot.org

kayos

I remenber I was working on Finger Print scanners for security in my last job they were fairly cool try doing a search on sac man. As in for retina scanners never got to work with them but I know NCR (Used to be a part of AT&T) have those up and running in a couple of branchs of The abbey nationwide(I think) in england and has been very popular with there customers. All this is dating back to last September/October so I'm sure things have changed since then but hope this helps.

Kayos

Hobbes

See that MMR shot you got, it's really an alien virus used to tag everyone on the planet.

Draco

Siemens are (or already have) releasing a mouse with a finger scanner on it. It looks pretty cool, but apparently as a mouse it's sh1te.

Draco

Koopa

ID things suck, they WILL be cracked by some l33t person, like credit cards, if theyre kept on computer, and a lot of people will be very ****ed off