[geeks] Passwords, etc

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Mon Dec 11 14:35:46 CST 2006


On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 02:09:47PM -0500, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> If the information is stolen, you can't just get a new "ID". The only
> way to issue a new biometric ID is if the system uses a salt, and that
> really only partially solves the problem, and isn't much better than
> current systems using non-bio ID which can be salted.

I'm talking about only for an equivalent of my swipe-card at work, not
anything else (for example, I hate the idea of RFID debit/credit cards,
ec).

Bill

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Bill Bradford 
Houston, Texas



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