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Mntsnow
10-17-2003, 9:33 AM
Attention confounded consumers: There's a high-tech solution that could render obsolete your growing jumble of credit card pin numbers and computer passwords -- and it's as plain as the nose on your face or fingerprint.

The concept is based on biometrics -- a branch of technology that identifies individuals based on biological traits -- and has begun to take off in a security-conscious world where credit card fraud and identity theft runs rife.

Read more (http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,60848,00.html)

a Bill
10-17-2003, 4:00 PM
Heh, too bad most of these aren't that hard to beat. Fingerprints are the easiest to beat.