[geeks] Interesting: hardware security token for PayPal

[Phil Stracchino]

Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> The other big issue is biometrics, which is a disaster waiting to
> happen.
> 
> None of the proponents will face the reality: once stolen, biometric
> identify is stolen forever.

Indeed.  Granted, biometric identification is harder to "steal".  But it
has already been demonstrated that fingerprint scanners, for example,
can be fairly easily spoofed if you can gain access to an authorized
print on something or other.


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