fingerprint security

jumpball207 · #1 (**permalink**) 02-05-2008, 06:18 PM

i have a friend that has a treo palm pilot that he has this program that is used for security, where it scans the screen for your fingerprint and lets you in the phone if its your fingerprint. Is there anthing like this for the mogul

EGOvoruhk · #2 (**permalink**) 02-05-2008, 06:25 PM

There is nothing on the Mogul to scan for a fingerprint. I've never heard of anything like that on a Palm either. Are you sure he wasn't full of it?

sprintrjm · #3 (**permalink**) 02-05-2008, 06:39 PM

if that was the case we could all use our phones as scanners and scan anything we wanted.

What he has or thinks he has seen is a joke video or is an s$$ trying to impress you.

It would be cool though.

Give him a wet willy for all of us at ppcgeeks

jumpball207 · #4 (**permalink**) 02-05-2008, 07:00 PM

naw because ive seen him do it, ive even scanned my own fingerprint to see if it would allow me to get in and it scanned my fingerprint but denied me entry, and then he did it and it let him in

**D/\SH** · #5 (**permalink**) 02-05-2008, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jumpball207

naw because ive seen him do it, ive even scanned my own fingerprint to see if it would allow me to get in and it scanned my fingerprint but denied me entry, and then he did it and it let him in

its fake you press nothing before you hit scan and it comes back denied but if he presses per example 8 before hand and than presses scan he will have it come back as being passed.

jumpball207 · #6 (**permalink**) 02-05-2008, 07:17 PM

i dont see why it would be so imposibble, most laptops already have this technology

**[sammich]** · #7 (**permalink**) 02-05-2008, 07:18 PM

Uh.... I have a HP Ipaq and it has a fingerprint scanner. Definitely not a lie. I really wished the mogul had one.

halcyoncmdr · #8 (**permalink**) 02-05-2008, 07:20 PM

There are fingerprint scanners on other devices such as laptops. However the touchscreen on the Mogul cannot detect anything except the position of a touch. It is the same on the Treos. There is no way for the screen to tell what the finger looks like, or even that it is a finger. They can only detect the position of "something" touching the screen, whether it be finger, stylus, pen, etc.

**[sammich]** · #9 (**permalink**) 02-05-2008, 07:24 PM

Oh I see... He said you scanned the SCREEN. Thats definitely not possible. Like stated above, the screens are only PRESSURE sensitive.

There are fingerprint scanners on PDA's though. Just not on the screen

EDIT: I did find this http://www.vgapocketpc.com/archives/...lcd-screen.php
It says that Casio has developed one, but it is still in testing I think

jayresc · #10 (**permalink**) 02-05-2008, 07:28 PM

This would be really cool if this was something you could get on your phone. It sure would keep everyone out of your text and pictures....lol