- DELL FINGERPRINT READER NOT WORKING FULL
- DELL FINGERPRINT READER NOT WORKING PASSWORD
- DELL FINGERPRINT READER NOT WORKING PLUS
I don’t know if Massachusetts goes so far as checking my prints against Interpol, but I do know they check out my prints with the FBI in addition to the ‘main’ law enforcement computer in Massachusetts.
DELL FINGERPRINT READER NOT WORKING FULL
Multiple law enforcement agencies have a full set of my fingerprints as I have a Massachusetts license to carry concealed weapons. Why would I want yet another copy of my finger(s) somewhere that may not have sufficient security. That way, should I lose the phone, it can transfer everything to my new phone and I’m ‘good to go’. Secondly, I strongly suspect that the ‘normal’, automatic, and mostly unknown to the user, cloud-based backup and recovery capabilities of my cell phone would naturally backup my fingerprint as well. The passworded sites I visit on those devices have annual subscriptions that I pay when I’m on my home computer. So if I lose it or it’s stolen, I’m out $200 or so. I, for one, will never use a fingerprint to unlock my laptop (it came with a built in reader) or cell phone.įirst, I don’t do any banking or any other money-based activity on either device. Then I discovered if I rub my fingerprint finger along the side of my nose to get it a little oily, it opens the safe first try almost every time! Isn’t technology great! But I still had problems getting it to unlock and it took 3 to 5 tries for it to open. I think I made 6 or 7 scans of each finger. Naturally, when I got it, the first finger I recorded was the one finger salute, then the index finger. That way, it, too, can handle times when my finger is slightly angled, or too far up or down, rolled to one side, etc. The directions clearly state that I should do at least 5 ‘recordings’ of 2 or more fingers.
That way, I could open it in the dark, if need be. However, when I bought a new gun safe 5 years ago, I opted for a fingerprint model.
DELL FINGERPRINT READER NOT WORKING PLUS
Naturally, I used my universal symbol of peace, joy and unity on both hands plus the index finger of my right hand, which was most convenient to use when punching in.Įveryone had problems with that reader, and after about 3 years, they replaced it with a palm print reader instead, which was far more accurate and got it right on first try vs 3-5 or more tries with a single fingerprint. That gave the reader multiple choices to verify me as well as allowed me to use different fingers. On my first day, the boss put it in ‘read’ mode and had me do 5 ‘views’ each of 3 different fingers. My introduction to fingerprint readers was in 2008 at an hourly job where everyone had to punch in & punch out. I would not use it in lieu of my strong encryption password, but along with it, if it had a driver. My Acer Swift has a fingerprint reader too, but its makers did not make a Linux driver, so it does nothing. Biometrics can be an additional factor in multifactor authentication, but it is well accepted that they are not a replacement for passwords. They can be compromised in several ways, and once they are, you can’t just change your fingerprint like you would a password.
DELL FINGERPRINT READER NOT WORKING PASSWORD
It would enter the password into the site by whatever means, with the site not knowing thar fingerprints were involved in any manner.įingerprints are a poor replacement for manually-entered strong master passwords. I never used it, so I am not aware of the specifics, but it did not use any kind of token or anything like that. Once I was logged in to Windows, it was possible to swipe the fingerprint again and get some kind of a login thingy for various websites. If the password store for the browser was encrypted, they would be accessible via the fingerprint. I have a fingerprint reader on my Asus F8SN laptop from years ago, and it was mostly intended to be used to log into Windows. I don’t know that you could use that with a non-Apple device.
That is probably an Apple-specific thing.
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