http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/ Engadget Comments for Master Lock unveils smartTouch garage door opener http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/Dec 26th 2007 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/I would sooner see this used on normal doors.
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The Link]]>Dec 26th 2007 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/Dec 26th 2007 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/Dec 26th 2007 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/2. Take pictures of the fingerprints
3. Clean off the dust
4. Go home and make copies of the best fingerprints on latex, ballistics gel and paper (laser printer)
5. Go back, open the door and take what you want.

Almost as stupid as fingerprint readers on laptops. ]]>Dec 26th 2007 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/@Spiderpig, I must also agree with you, does seem quite easy but for the most part ppl want instant access.

It would be nice to have the fingerprint reader with a hey pad so it requires both (that may be too much).]]>Dec 26th 2007 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/
I see how that system would work with the fingerprint reader that you place your finger on, but how would that work with the type where you swipe your finger? Isn't this a swipe-type reader?]]>Dec 26th 2007 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/
Not like I have anything of value anyway. Everything that's hard to replace fits in my laptop bag.
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If that's how you feel, then why buy this device in the first place? Just leave your doors unlocked.]]>Dec 26th 2007 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/Dec 26th 2007 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/
You say "$300" more like that's not a significant amount.

Hey this car is $20,000!

Meh, for $10,000 more I could get navigation system, heated seats, a dvd player, and a blowjob.

Talk about stating the obvious, dude.]]>Dec 26th 2007 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/
An example I've heard (possibly an apocryphal one) is that GM opted not to use thumb print biometrics for car keys years ago, even though its clearly a feasible technology. The reason for the decision, quite simply, was because some wise person at GM realized that this made the value of your thumb -- connected to your body or not -- equal to the resale value of your stolen car or its parts.

Fingers, eyes, etc. as security should only be used when there are sure ways to verify that the bio-part in question is still attached to its owner.

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Losing a thumb, however, means a lifelong limitation and is potentially life threatening if medical attention isn't received quickly or if infection sets in.
]]>Dec 27th 2007 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/They should have a camera tied to the device so it can take pictures each time a finger is swiped
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Fingerprint scanners used to seem cool to me until I got stitches in one of my fingers. Now I realize just how malleable fingerprints are. Maybe retinal scans would be a better idea.]]>Dec 26th 2007 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/Dec 26th 2007 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/Dec 26th 2007 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/
Anyway, this just seems like a waste.

Kind of like bitching about blog grammar.]]>Dec 26th 2007 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/master-lock-unveils-smarttouch-garage-door-opener/When at a range in Florida in January they had a finger scanner on one of the gun safes, a Biovault IIRC. Thing just flipped open when I ran my finger over it.
At first I assumed it was a demo model and just opened at random, the range owner was less happy as it was keyed to his finger print only and was a normal "NRA approved" gun safe.



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