A quick link for those of you who thought Biometrics were a good idea:
A Malaysian businessman has lost a finger to car thieves impatient to get around his Mercedes’ fingerprint security system. Accountant K Kumaran, the BBC reports, had at first been forced to start the S-class Merc, but when the carjackers wanted to start it again without having him along, they chopped off the end of his index finger with a machete.
Not just an urban legend anymore! Read it all on The Register or BBC News.
April 6th, 2005 at 6:48 am
Yep. No legend. Maybe there is even more behind the story… I warmly recommend Bruce Schneier’s post
(http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/04/security_risks_2.html) for further reading.
April 6th, 2005 at 2:57 pm
Good link, thank you.