Thread Subject: Re: one more item for consideration inself-contained/closed

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From: Tom Brett
Date: Wed, May 23 2007 1:12 PM

Well you could say that but couldn't a government agency claim that
fingerprint readers would fall under the national security exception?



Tom Brett



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inself-contained/closed



This may be for hardware, if so feel free to slap me there.

Biometric input "surfaces" must be tactually discernible, but they are not
controls, so may need to be called out specifically. For example, a
fingerprint reader must at least allow someone who is blind to feel where to
put their finger.



Allen Hoffman
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