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Re: ****CyberWatch Security With Face Recognition 08/07/96



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                          SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,

On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Joseph M. Reagle Jr. wrote:

> TrueFace CyberWatch uses Miros' software and a small video
> camera on top of the computer monitor to verify computer users
> when they try to access protected data. TrueFace "snaps" a
> picture of the current computer operator and compares it to
> images in a database of authorized users. Continued spot checks
> are taken to ensure the same user is at the computer...and
> cannot be fooled by holding up a photo of a person. 
 
How about substituting a video tape of an authorized user for 
the camera input?  (Hey, it worked on the old Mission Impossible
show and a whole slew of movies.)


 S a n d y

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