Biometric DVDs
May 19th, 2005
Here’s a biometric DVD to go right along with your REAL ID.
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At the store, someone buying a new DVD would have to provide a password or some kind of biometric data, like a fingerprint or iris scan, which would be added to the DVD’s RFID tag.
Then, when the DVD was popped into a specially equipped DVD player, the viewer would be required to re-enter his or her password or fingerprint. The system would require consumers to buy new DVD players with RFID readers.
As someone pointed out on /., this will probably be a non-starter anyway – it’s too obtrusive, and people will either reject it outright or just break it.
Not to mention, fingerprints can be duplicated.
Once again law-abiding people will be screwed, and crooks won’t give a crap.