RE: [dvd-discuss] You can go swimming, but....

[Richard Hartman <hartman(at)onetouch.com>]

The August issue of DDJ (Dr. Dobb's Journal) has a small
item about some guy (IIRC) who has spoofed the biometric
fingerprint scanners by digitally photographing a fingerprint
on glass then creating a fake finger.  It fooled various
systems (including some w/ so-called "live finger" sensors)
with an ~80% success rate.



-- 
-Richard M. Hartman
hartman@onetouch.com

186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael A Rolenz [mailto:Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 8:34 AM
> To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] You can go swimming, but....
> 
> 
> Agreed...I'm not sure what the parallel is either but maybe JackBoots 
> shouldn't be given any ideas...the next thing the DVDCCA will want is 
> biometric scanners on the DVD players with the biometric data 
> burned into 
> the DVD at time or purchase. Not only can they keep track of 
> who bought 
> it, who can play it, they can even prevent the resale of it......the 
> technological tattoo.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "Steve Hosgood" <steve@caederus.com>
> Sent by: owner-dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> 07/23/2002 07:19 AM
> Please respond to dvd-discuss
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>  
>         To:     dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
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>         Subject:        Re: [dvd-discuss] You can go swimming, but....
> 
> 
> Mickym wrote:
> > "State attorneys argued the law, which prohibits tattooing 
> by anyone 
> > other than a doctor, is a public health issue. The justices upheld 
> > White's conviction, saying the First Amendment right to 
> have a tattoo is 
> 
> > a separate issue from the process of tattooing."
> > 
> > How does one argue against that?
> > 
> 
> You probably don't. I can think of quite a few scenarios 
> where a "right"
> is only there under certain provisos. You have a "right" to 
> be a doctor, 
> but
> you can only practice as a doctor if you get qualified to do 
> so by certain
> institutions.
> 
> You have a "right" to drive, but if you want to do so on 
> public highways, 
> you
> must have a valid driving licence. Etc.
> 
> Public health/safety issues will always infringe a bit on "rights" but
> hopefully, under a sensible regime, both can co-exist without 
> excessive
> conflict.
> 
> ( In the UK, tattoo artists don't AFAIK have to be doctors, 
> but if they're 
> not
> members of the Guild of Tattooists (or whatever) I suspect 
> no-one would go
> near them! )
> 
>                              --------------
> 
> The question is, does the US tattoo case (above) have any 
> influence on 
> whether
> your DVD player has to be approved by the DVDCCA in order to 
> play the DVDs 
> *you
> bought* (in the US)?
> 
> No public health/safety issues there, surely? :-)
> In fact, I'm having trouble seeing any parallels at all 
> between the two!
> 
> --
> 
> Steve Hosgood                               |
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