Timeline for Are consumer features of fingerprint biometric scanners on-topic?
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| Dec 30, 2011 at 9:07 | comment | added | Tamara Wijsman | @DanielBeck: The mechanical switches are part of the interface, yet keyboard key switches have nothing to do with IT security. Note that on old computer terminals keyboards were actually part of the computer, so it's slightly different from an interfacing electronic device. And even these days, can you imagine using a computer without a keyboard? But then, that doesn't even matter. This question is about consumer features of fingerprint biometric scanners, which is until shown otherwise mainly about its security. Which is an off-topic matter on Super User, as its not about interfacing... | |
| Dec 30, 2011 at 8:21 | comment | added | Daniel Beck Mod | @TomWijsman With the same argument, you kill the topics about keyboard key switches types. If it were only about interfacing, we would care about keyboard layouts and scan codes, but not about the differences in mechanical key switches. | |
| Dec 30, 2011 at 5:52 | comment | added | Tamara Wijsman | @haimg: Super User is more about interfacing the fingerprint scanner with your computer, IT Security is more about the security of the fingerprint scanner. We can't really tell you how image size, platen size, sensing area size, DPI, image grayscale and distortion, used light source and its tolerance and imaging speed; as well as support for standards like ISO 19794, INCITS 378, BioAPI and patents like SEIR and US Patent # 6973573 will affect your security when using such an electronic device. The best you can do yourself is going for simple review comparison or for heavy research... | |
| Dec 29, 2011 at 21:42 | comment | added | haimg | I think a difference between a generic electronic device and strictly computer hardware is that a generic electronic device (media player, smart phone, etc.) can be used without a computer, whereas a computer hardware is meaningless without one. A fingerprint scanner is just an interface between a human hand and a computer, exactly like a mouse or a keyboard, cannot be used for anything without a computer, and therefore clearly a computer hardware. | |
| Dec 29, 2011 at 21:19 | history | answered | Ivo FlipseMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |