[geeks] Interesting article on fingerprint biometric systems

[Sandwich Maker]

" From: Dan Duncan <dand at pcisys.net>
" 
" On Tue, 11 May 2004, Sandwich Maker wrote:
" > " One advantage of duress codes is not letting people know
" > " you use them.
" >
" > hard to do if widely adopted, not a big help unless widely adopted.
" 
" There's always that element of doubt.  You can't know which companies
" use them, or which individuals in those companies use them.

true.

" > " Perhaps a universal 7700 wasn't such a great idea.  Perhaps each
" > " airline should have its own.
" >
" > the amount of communication required to keep everyone up to date with
" > all the different airlines and each one's hijack squawk would itself
" > be a security nightmare.
" 
" Perhaps the pilot could log in to the plane using a PIN or
" matching duress code.

add a dead man switch algorithm, so that the squawk goes off if he
becomes silent.
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