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June 29, 2005

Tap your PIN

Biometric fingerprint readers are extremely useful security devices that still remain easy to use for the consumer.  Some security experts have been looking for an alternative since these readers use a single fingerprint that has proven to be spoofable (is that a word?).  Enter the BiometricPIN which uses all five fingertips tapped in a certain sequence and thus increasing the security many fold.

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(via The Red Ferret Journal)

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