Banking under Enduring Power of Attorney
Nicholas Bohm
ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:39:59 +0100
Ian Batten wrote:
>
> On 09 Apr 09, at 1109, Peter Tomlinson wrote:
>
>> There are now dual function sensors for print and vein, low enough in
>> cost to put into hand held terminals.
>
> I've just fitted a palm vein scanner to our machine room door. They
> have the advantage that they are non-contact, so the pattern they are
> measuring isn't therefore imprinted on the sensor for later recovery,
> nor is the pattern they are measuring left on any other objects. For
> the more paranoid, they also distinguish between live and dead, as they
> only sense the veins when filled with oxygenated blood.
Do you have any details of the claimed error rates?
Nicholas
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