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Mythbusters beat "unbreakable" fingerprint door lock

My good friend Jamie Sharp sent me this link today. It's amazing: watch how Adam and Jamie easily defeat a fingerprint lock the manufacturer claims has never been broken. As if to snub the claims, they break it three times! Supposedly it monitors pulse, Read More...

Posted 20 September 06 10:15 by Steve Riley | 13 Comments   
Filed under authentication, identity, security theater, things that make me laugh, biometrics

Yes, everyone knows you're a dog

Amazing how long the legs are on the AOL search debacle. Of course, we in the online community often beat such storeis to death, if only because they deserve it! Recently Kim Cameron posted the search history of user 16006693, which flits "from politics, Read More...

Posted 07 September 06 08:17 by Steve Riley | 2 Comments   
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