Re: Ultimate Computer Security Devices

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Forwarded from: Thomas Roy Garner <trgarne () earthlink net>

Your article regarding eye scanners reminds me of the eye scanner we
use @ work.  Now, remember, this only applies to the eye-scanner we
use, other systems may differ:

Drink caffeine or sugar drinks prior to using our eye scanner, you can
be perfectly still, yet the response is often "contact security
manager" or "moved to much".  This is usually fun around 0700 or 0800,
when just about everyone has had their 1st or 2nd cup of coffee or
soda!

Frustration of personnel using device, to simply NOT use the device,
after all, if I can ring the door and the personnel on the inside, let
me in, why use the scanner in the first place?

Longer lines (goes under frustration), b/c some people are just
screwed @ the door, when it comes to scanning the eye, it can take as
many as 10 attempts, to get in to the door, before giving up and
ringing the bell.  This causes a back-log of personnel, standing
waiting their turn, which creates another hazard...

Time/date stamp, slips in time, it cannot keep the time after about
one month.

Y2K problem, one would think we had heard the LAST of this, but guess
what?  2002, does not appear as 02 or 2002, it's way back in time, and
I cannot set the date past 1999.

Now, I have nothing against this device, however, many people will
soon discover, as these devices proliferate that their "coolness" or
"007-bond-esque appearance", will quickly diminish, as they stand
their shifting their bodies into rather unusual positions, just to get
the scanner to work! :)



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