Comments on: Sony points to finger veins for gadget security

A compact, camera-based system called "Mofiria" uses a CMOS sensor to diagonally capture scattered light inside the finger veins.

[shredtacular]

What happens if your finger gets sliced off?

[mementh]

you have three or four fingers scanned in so not just one counts.
same thing you do with current finger print readers.
plus you have a super long complicated password that is less convient but is designed to allow the conviniance of swiping a finger.

[random truth]

So if the Sony mofiria detects your not the correct user will the Mafia attack you.

[skrubol]

They note false reject rate at under .1%, but what about the false accept rate? That's more the issue with security devices.

This probably also has the advantage over fingerprint readers that it won't work on severed fingers because the veins will not be at the right pressure.

[denn70]

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