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Ed Finkler is the Web and Security Archive Administrator for CERIAS. He is a member of the PHP Security Consortium, and on better days thinks of himself as an expert in web application security and interface design.

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July 6th, 2006 by Ed Finkler in Secure IT Practices

Via Infinite Loop, I came across an interesting post from a hawdcore MacBook Pro user who bellied up to the bar and retrofitted a Sony fingerprint scanner into his precious Apple laptop.  No indication that the hardware actually interfaces at all with OS X, but it’s pretty cool, and maybe Apple will get some inspiration from this. 8)

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2 Responses to “Hacking the MacBook for Biometric Security”

  1. The Cool Macbook Pro blog / Hacking the MacBook for Biometric Security Says:
    August 13th, 2006 at 11:31 am

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  2. Notebook Says:
    January 15th, 2007 at 8:03 am

    Is that correct, that the MacBook Pro Notebooks are getting so hot? Might that burn more security holes into them?

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