Hands Up! Laptop Scans Palm Veins for Security

[Guest]

Fujitsu's upcoming laptops will scan an entire palm, and use the unique pattern of veins and arteries to identify approved users.

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[dgingeri]

"PalmSense has a fail-safe against even the most gristly biometric workarounds: Fujitsu says that the scanner can detect whether blood is pumping through the palm's veins, and will not unlock if it detects no blood flow." You've got to wonder how they tested this.

 

[el_chapulin_colorado]

It still doesn't prevent the tried and true method of "gun2head".

 

[fishyfish]

Hooray, now millions of self-absorbed people won't miss latest Facebook updates about their friend's lunch or how many miles they jogged yesterday. This is exactly what this planet needs.