Biometric follow-up

[GCC Consulting]

I was looking through the Aug 16th addition of e-week.  On page 18 News &
analysis, there is an external hard drive from Micro solutions called Lockbox.
This drive comes uses fingerprint authentication for access.  The drive has a
reader built into the top of the drive.

If they can get the cost of the sensors down, maybe a USB thumb drive will be
just that.  Place your thumb on the sensor before it becomes active.  Remove it
from the USB port and it's locked. 

This is not such a bad idea. One of my clients found a USB drive on the sidewalk
outside his apartment last week.

By the way, I just received a gift from Microsoft for purchasing their Action
Pack.  It is a 128MB Flash Drive. The one interesting fact in the manual
supplied - Times to read & write: 100,000 times.

Since the storage capacity of these devices are growing rapidly and the prices
are falling,  this device will be obsolete by the time it reaches this capacity.

Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting