Talk:Microsoft Fingerprint Reader

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I think it is a little misleading to say "researcher discovered that the fingerprint stored in the device is not encrypted", since absolutely _nothing_ is stored in the device... The data is read from it using the computer, the fingerprints and passwords are stored in a database in the software environment inside the _computer._ Normally I would change it myself, but I don't know for sure if this is true, since I haven't read about this particular Black Hat discovery. If someone who does reads this and agrees, then please change the article accordingly.

Thanks, --24.254.25.152 00:36, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

The article does not specify if certain browsers are not supported with the fingerprint reader. I have the read and i use firefox, the two are incompatible from initial tries, but i have to play with the reader more. - Thero

[edit] This is an opinion...

"It is useful in an office or campus environment, where its use may prevent others from seeing logins and passwords being keyed in, and can also be useful on shared computers, where different users can authenticate their unique access to applications and sites."

I think this should be removed, anyone agree? --Tyler Gothier 23:33, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:08, 13 February 2008 (UTC)