__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 05 March 2007 22:44 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Use Your Bluetooth Cell Phone as a Proximity Card for Linux Based Laptops
>> (SUSE, Ubuntu, Red Hat)
>>
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>>| Have you ever wished your computer would keep track of your comings
>>| and goings and secure itself accordingly? Odds are good that if you
>>| have a newer laptop and cell phone you can do just that. Many laptops
>>| now come with Bluetooth chips and most phones now support Bluetooth
>>| as well. This can allow your computer and cell phone to "talk" and
>>| create a simple proximity badge for you to use.
>> `----
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>>
http://www.goitexpert.com/en/index.cfm/2007/2/25/Use-Your-Bluetooth-Cell-Phone-as-a-Proximity-Card-for-your-Laptop
>> http://tinyurl.com/ypc8ga
>>
>> For all I know, the Thinkpad's fingerprint-based authentication works
>> under Linux as well.
>
> This is a very interesting idea. Of course, as with all security
> systems, there are potential drawbacks, ..
Yes, that's what I said in Digg.
> ... but even so, I'd say that this
> approach looks pretty good. Let's face it, though, anything will be
> more secure than HMG's plan to fingerprint all children 11+. I wonder
> how long before someone has found out how to leave a false fingerprint
> trail?
We use fingerprints to sign in at the health club, but the idea of doing
anything critical to identify a person in this way is just plain scary. As a
child, I once watched this Van Damme movie where he peels off his finger's
skin and sets up some McGyver-like hack to sign in while he escapes a
facility. How long before the HMG's plans leads to some people's fingers (or
hands, or arms) being cut off? Crime knows no boundaries and making use of
flesh and anatomy for access is careless thinking. Iris recognition might be
better in this respect. This happens to intersect with my research although
I concentrate on face recogntion and MR images.
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