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Fingerprint Logon - It really won't work

MawfTech

Did anyone else out there realise that it's ONLY Lenovo laptops that are supported with fingerprint logon? I've been using the Utimaco products for years on many platforms and it's not until we were forced into switching from SG Easy to SGN that we ever had any issues with FPL. It turns out that only a very restricted list of readers are supported and all of those are ONLY on Lenovo's. See: http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/108789.html

What a HUGE oversite! Do they really think there's only one laptop manufacturer with biometrics.

Matt

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    Hi Richard,

    It's not a very 'close relationship' though because you don't support the newest Lenovo fingerprint readers either e.g. the ones on the X201 or T510i's.

    What's important to note here is that SGE (pre 5.50) didn't really have any issues with most maufacturers when not using POA (I have it working quite happily on Sony, Dell and Lenovo's) but SGN (which we're forced to use because of the retirement of SGE and non support for Vista/7) does. So the software has pretty much written off any hope of biometric security on all platforms apart from older Lenovo models. A real backward step for us.

    FYI, I've watched an experienced secretarial PA glance over the shoulder of a visitor and noted that persons password as they typed it (a 10 digit code which included capitals, letters and a special character). Not having biometric protection is simply asking for trouble. Surely you must realise this!!!!!!

    Matt

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    Hi Richard,

    It's not a very 'close relationship' though because you don't support the newest Lenovo fingerprint readers either e.g. the ones on the X201 or T510i's.

    What's important to note here is that SGE (pre 5.50) didn't really have any issues with most maufacturers when not using POA (I have it working quite happily on Sony, Dell and Lenovo's) but SGN (which we're forced to use because of the retirement of SGE and non support for Vista/7) does. So the software has pretty much written off any hope of biometric security on all platforms apart from older Lenovo models. A real backward step for us.

    FYI, I've watched an experienced secretarial PA glance over the shoulder of a visitor and noted that persons password as they typed it (a 10 digit code which included capitals, letters and a special character). Not having biometric protection is simply asking for trouble. Surely you must realise this!!!!!!

    Matt

    :3851
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