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August 22, 2015, 02:45:28 PM
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Students Develop Fingerprint Authentication Device

Pretty soon internet users will be able to log into their accounts simply by using their fingertip. Students at Staten Island Technical High School developed a device...

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This is very nice and I would like to make use of such a device to access all the websites where I need a password in this way.

I however think that there is just too many ways a fingerprint can be spoofed as has already been proven so not to sure whether I will fully trust a device like this, especially not with access to my bitcoin wallet.
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