[geeks] Interesting article on fingerprint biometric systems

[Dan Duncan]

On Tue, 11 May 2004, Sandwich Maker wrote:
> " One advantage of duress codes is not letting people know
> " you use them.
>
> hard to do if widely adopted, not a big help unless widely adopted.

There's always that element of doubt.  You can't know which companies
use them, or which individuals in those companies use them.

> " Perhaps a universal 7700 wasn't such a great idea.  Perhaps each
> " airline should have its own.
>
> the amount of communication required to keep everyone up to date with
> all the different airlines and each one's hijack squawk would itself
> be a security nightmare.

Perhaps the pilot could log in to the plane using a PIN or
matching duress code.

-DanD

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