Over at BoingBoing, Cory Doctorow writes about an odd security measure at Walt Disney World: fingertip readers.
Actually,
"security" isn't really accurate, since the device is designed to keep
park visitors from sharing admission passes with persons other than
themselves. Cory points out a gaping flaw in the usefulness of the
measure, namely that they still accept photo ID. So if one person uses
photo ID and the other uses a fingertip, both could enter the park with
the same pass (albeit at different times).
Now comes the weird part...
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