| Author | Thread |
|
|
02/27/2007 10:28:01 PM · #1 |
I have so many username/password combinations that I cannot remember them all and was thinking about getting something like this:
MS Fingerprint Reader
Anyone have any advice? |
|
|
|
02/27/2007 10:31:58 PM · #2 |
i have a tablet that has one of these built-in.
it works perfectly well and fast, though i only use it for logging into the computer, and not for any other authentication stuff. you should check if it works for you before you get one. |
|
|
|
02/27/2007 11:43:50 PM · #3 |
I have a finger print reader built into my laptop. I was so excited at first. No more typing passwords. I got tired of it though. For two reasons:
1) It only has about a 50% hit ratio, i.e. only about one out of every two times I swipe my finger across the reader, it will recognize that it's me, sometimes it tells me it got a bad swipe and I need to do it again, some times it simply doesn't recognize me. They say it could be that my skin is too dry!
2) But even more annoying than that, was that after it recognizes my fingerprint, it then sits there for several seconds, ostensibly to "authenticate me". And I'm sitting there thinking ... geez, this computer is so fast it can count to a billion in the time it takes to authenticate me. What's it doing, besides just slowing me down? I can TYPE my password faster than it can authenticate me ... and after I type my password, it immediately lets me in. So what's up with the authentication process anyway?
Anyway, you can tell that I got annoyed. I finally turned the thing off and stick to passwords now.
I have a co-worker that still uses the finger scanner... so some people *do* like it. Just not me.
|
|
|
|
02/27/2007 11:54:40 PM · #4 |
|
|
|
02/28/2007 12:11:21 AM · #5 |
I have read a few reviews on the MS Finger Print Readers. Have seen many people suggest Sony instead. They caution using them for anything important like banking or any other websites or applications that involve your personal information.
|
|
|
|
02/28/2007 12:18:27 AM · #6 |
I have the reader and i disconnected it from my computer shortly after i bought it. It won't work with firefox. If you are using IE, then you will probably enjoy it.
|
|
|
|
03/02/2007 01:31:41 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by dwterry:
I have a finger print reader built into my laptop. I was so excited at first. No more typing passwords. I got tired of it though. For two reasons:
1) It only has about a 50% hit ratio
2) even more annoying than that, was that after it recognizes my fingerprint, it then sits there for several seconds, ostensibly to "authenticate me". I can TYPE my password faster than it can authenticate me. |
David, what brand is your laptop? My ThinkPad has a fingerprint reader and I love it! I find it very accurate and very fast. Typing my password faster than it can authenticate is out of the question for me because my current windows password is 25 characters long. |
|
|
|
03/02/2007 01:33:15 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by slickchik:
I have so many username/password combinations that I cannot remember them all and was thinking about getting something like this:
MS Fingerprint Reader
Anyone have any advice? |
If you can, be sure to register more than one of your fingers (I registered one on each hand) just in case anything happens to that precious finger (or hand). |
|
|
|
03/02/2007 01:36:12 AM · #9 |
It's a Dell laptop. The scanner itself seems to be pretty quick to tell me that it recognizes (or not) my finger print. I think my only problem with the scanner is dry skin... otherwise it would probably recognize me more often.
But the real problem, I think, is the software that is used for logging into the system. It's AFTER the scan is successful that it just sits and sits and sits and sits ... doing what?!? pray tell. I dunno. Anyway, it finally logs me in. I'm 100% positive that you could type all 25 characters of your password faster than it can authenticate me. It's just dumb that it waits so long.
|
|
|
|
03/02/2007 03:09:55 AM · #10 |
i was watching a program the other day that showed they had a large number of false positives.
I prefer to use Keepass, its free and open source. You store all your passwords in the program and only have to remember one password to decrypt the lot. It also allows "keys" to be loaded from drives which are massive long passwords nobody will ever remember, so you carry that around on your flashdrive. It also has a lot of other nice features |
|
Home -
Challenges -
Community -
League -
Photos -
Cameras -
Lenses -
Learn -
Help -
Terms of Use -
Privacy -
Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 09/17/2025 05:40:42 PM EDT.
