On 30 Jul 2007 17:26:57 -0500, Todd H. wrote:

>> 1) What about fingerprints? We've tried that, but had problems with
>> them in the past with greasy smudges on people's fingers proving
>> difficult for the scanners to authenticate properly.
>>
>> 2) Voice recognition? Nope, too much background noise in these stores
>> (and seeing as it's fairly constant and loud, often anyone gets in!)
>>
>> 3) Video recognnition? Is it good enough yet? Reasonably priced as
>> well?
>>
>> So in a nutshell, what would you be thinking about?
>
> Three words: Terms of employment.

Won't work unless you are ready to potentially sacrifice some good
employees. Even then, you have to consistently fire to keep the focus up
and then back it with even pressure from management. Then you have to
fire some of them too.

To the poster:

My bet is that your company has thought about this issue and is trying
to set the burden on the technologist. As Tom was implicating, they are
looking in the wrong direction. Nice to be the scapegoat, eh?

Let me tell you what has worked in the past. Long, complicated
passphrases.

%-S6&~l@pA**D+q~`8#.sPz)Q&/

Try giving that one out over and over. And asking those who aren't
required to memorize it to memorize it. :)

Drop me an email at REMOVEemailwillforwardATgmail.comMYPANTS, let's chat
about keyboard biometrics and a couple other things that I have seen
work well.
--
"You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself"
Ken Thompson "Reflections on Trusting Trust"
http://www.acm.org/classics/sep95/