Biometric access control systems

Biometrics can sometimes be convenient when it works reliably, or the opposite when it stops recognizing your fingerprint or face. So a secondary option such as passcode will be required, but that’s less secure. Scramble keypads are a little more secure but less convenient. RFID implants can be both secure and convenient, I wish it was a bit more mainstream so more places will be willing to enroll your implant to their access control system.

Speaking of biometrics, that reminds me of my old job (McDonald’s), the time clock would at some days not recognizing my fingerprint, especially when I have dry fingers, not sure why that had an effect as it’s an optical sensor not capacitive. I would manually enter my employee ID instead, the ID number was 2 or 3 digits and the default password was 0. Fun fact, McDonald’s and many other companies were sued for violating Illinois’s strict biometric information privacy law

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