Re: fingerprint scanners

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While it is a novel way of logging on to your PC or online bank account (of course you can also use it for email logging on as well) my main bone of contention is the additional time it takes to boot up the computer. I recently tried the Microsoft finger print reader and noticed it added an additional 30 seconds to PC boot up. This is negligible if your PC boots up within, say, 30 or 40 seconds but any longer and you are simply waiting around for things to happen.

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"Adam Chapman" <adam.chapman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:22203e09-3004-41f8-8d93-a27a16ffadaf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I know you can use fingerprint scanners for logging on to your
personal windows user account, but is there a way of using such a
scanner for passwords on the internet? e.g. my ebay/online banking
email accounts etc.

It would be really cool

Thanks,
Adam

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