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Article: -COMPAQ: Compaq cures password headaches with introduction of fingerprint identification technology
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- M2 Presswire
- Article date:
- July 8, 1998
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M2 PRESSWIRE-8 July 1998-COMPAQ: Compaq cures password headaches with introduction of fingerprint identification technology (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Two out of five PC users choose their passwords based on the names of family or friends, which makes them easy targets for hackers and a third do not bother with a password at all according to recent research. Addressing these findings Compaq today unveiled Compaq Fingerprint Identification Technology * the first sub-GBP 100 biometrics security technology offering from a major IT vendor. By replacing passwords with fingerprint ...