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What are devices that use a unique personal characteristic such as a fingerprint in place of a password?
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What could happen if your password was stolen?
hackers can hack into your personal computer/ devices and access personal files and have free range over all of them.
How do finger printing devices work?
Biometric fingerprint scanners identify you by the ridge patterns mad by your fingerprint. Once the computer has your fingerprint scanned it goes into a database and matches it with your fingerprint to confirm your identity. No ones fingerprint is exactly the same so it is pretty accurate.
Most fingerprint readers that are not embedded in other devices use what connection?
USB
What stores sale fingerprint devices?
Old surveying instruments are stored for sale
What is touch id fingerprint reconision?
The touch id fingerprint recognition enables users to quickly use up to 5 fingerprints to store data in their devices.
When was Personal Communications Devices created?
Personal Communications Devices was created in 1984.
Most fingerprint readers that are not embedded in other devices use for connection?
generally USB
Which is an input device?
The mouse,keyboard,scanner,stylus,fingerprint scanner etc with your computer is and input devices. All the devices which provide information to your computer or thing that they are connected to are the input devices.
What is the disadvantage of a fingerprint scanner?
Ignoring the problems that biometric devices often have of false negatives (i.e. the scanner doesn't recognise you because you didn't put your finger on it correctly), one problem with using any biometric device (such as a fingerprint scanner) is that if someone figures out a way to "spoof" (fool) the scanner, there is no way to change your fingerprint. For example, if my credit card is stolen I can cancel it. If my password is stolen, I can change it. If someone has my fingerprints, well, I guess there is nothing I can do to stop them from accessing whaterver system they unlock.
What are some common methods people use to protect their personal data?
Some common ways that people can protect their personal data include shredding or burning any old documents that contain personal details, and password protecting any information they have on their computer or other storage devices.
Is a biometric device a input or output device?
Most biometric devices would be input devices although they may also utilize storage devices and output devices in their functioning. A biometric device usually takes in biometric information about a person and compares it to information stored in a database - much like username/password methods of authentication compare the username and password to the stored information for a user. Fingerprint scanners, read the fingerprint, convert it to a data stream and then compare it to the stored data previously recorded for the individual, retinal scanners read information about the retinal patterns of a user, convert it to data and compare it to stored data, etc. Note that biometric devices must rely on a storage device, but usually the storage device is not part of the biometric device. Instances of OUTPUT associated with a biometric device might be a signal to open a door or trigger an alarm, but again, the output usually comes from another device that the biometric device is connected to.
What characteristic makes some metals important in electronic devices?
They are conductors
