IBM Thinkpad's fingerprint scanner

[Remko Lodder]

Alex Povolotsky wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Did anyone try to find out specifications on this cool device, or maybe 
> tried to use MS driver for it, or make it to work under FreeBSD with any 
> other method?
> 
> It would be nice to use finger instead of password
> 
> Alex.
> 

Not taking into account that fingerprints can easily be
spoofed within 10 minutes (And with high reliability),
as seen on the what the hack conference last year.

Using ssh with a pub/private key is much safer, so i hope
you are not using this as a security measure...

Cheers,
remko

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