Since the death of _Byte_, the German magazine _c't_, or _Magazin fuer
Computer Technik_, is probably the best technical computer magazine in the
world.
Some articles from this magazine are translated into English and made
available on its WWW site at http://www.heise.de/ . One recent article
of interest to comp.risks readers is "Biometric Access Protection
Devices and their Programs Put to the Test", from _c't_ 11/2002, dated
22 May 2002, available at http://www.heise.de/ct/english/02/11/114/ .
The conclusion is that "the products in the versions made available to
us were more of the nature of toys than of serious security measures".
One wonders whether the biometric security programs now used by
corporations and governments, especially in the US, are any better.
Yves Bellefeuille , Ottawa, Canada
Esperanto FAQ: http://www.esperanto.net/veb/faq.html
Rec.travel.europe FAQ: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/travel/europe/faq [yan@storm.ca (Yves Bellefeuille) via risks-digest Volume 22, Issue 15]
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