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    Just got my SZ110, questions on biometric thing....

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by LandShark, Mar 10, 2006.

  1. LandShark

    LandShark Notebook Enthusiast

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    just got mine yesterday, love it! the keyboard isn't as bad as what I read/thought would be!!

    been uninstalling junks that come with it, and been installing stuffs that I use, included Firefox. now, questions is, I was trying to setup web site security thing using the biometric scanner (e.g. online banking), but it doesn't seem like to support firefox tho....?? is it IE only?? (which is sux....) or is there somewhere I can update the biometric scanner software....??

    thank in advance guys!!
     
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    I just got mine yesterday too. You can get an update for the biometric scanner software here: update. It says it supports Firefox 1.5
     
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    MinnDasota Notebook Guru

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    I read somewhere (I can't find the link) that biometric fingerprint readers aren't encrypted. Can anyone confirm this? I know it does add a level of security to protected programs and files, but can hackers tap into my computer and "steal" my finger print also? I love the feature in my sz120 but it makes me nervous. Is Sony/Windows working on a patch to make it encrypted? Any comments or suggestions to put me a little bit at ease would be much appreciated....
     
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