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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
Okay, since this thread is supposed to be about physical vs digital goods, I am officially going to pass on any further discussion about biometrics, as it has obviously co-opted this thread. I urge the rest of you to do so as well, and see if this thread can get back on topic.
Maybe we will start a new thread dedicated to the pros and cons of biometrics somewhere else, like the lounge (though I'm not sure we'll get an even discussion about it).
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Well, in terms of physical vs digital goods, how do you ever see a method of protecting digital goods that won't be broken? It seems to me that you are under the impression your fingerprint idea would go unhacked and no-one would work around it. It most definitely would be worked around. And thats the problem. A company can hire dozens of brilliant programmers and engineers to make an effective DRM system, only to find out it isn't effective, because thousands of hackers out there will break it for the mere challenge of breaking something new. And then we are back to where we are now, regardless of whether its finger scanner, eye scanner, or whatever, it will get hacked, the pirating world will continue to go on as it does now.