Simple question for any techies
Jul 28, 2004 | 6:56 am
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I'm guessing that the biometric "reader" is the culprit - at my previous job, the hourly workers were using a timeclock that used a fingerprint pad to verify the employee's identity. It was so tempermental (broken more often than working) that the HR people finally did away with it and installed a barcode system.
Jul 28, 2004 | 8:33 am
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I've been using the Dutch Privium system (similar concept) for some time now, and it works a treat. This works on an iris scan (so the scanner is non-contact, which helps), and I've only once seen a machine out of order (the one next to it was open).
You do have to pay a subscription fee, but the beauty of it is that the only record of the iris scan is on the chip on your Privium card, so there are no privacy concerns.
I would be extremely happy for this system to be rolled out elsewhere.
You do have to pay a subscription fee, but the beauty of it is that the only record of the iris scan is on the chip on your Privium card, so there are no privacy concerns.
I would be extremely happy for this system to be rolled out elsewhere.
Jul 28, 2004 | 8:39 am
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Originally Posted by Non-NonRev
I'm guessing that the biometric "reader" is the culprit - at my previous job, the hourly workers were using a timeclock that used a fingerprint pad to verify the employee's identity. It was so tempermental (broken more often than working) that the HR people finally did away with it and installed a barcode system.
Sad, too - because when I land somewhere and ask for the machine, I get "oh, it's not working," without so much as a cursory glance - i.e., they expect it to be out of order.
Sigh.
The one bonus though, is that when it doesn't work, it tells me to see the agent next to the machine - so I still manage to bypass the lines. But annoying - to say the least.
Jul 31, 2004 | 3:27 pm
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Originally Posted by Non-NonRev
I'm guessing that the biometric "reader" is the culprit
My guess is that the final step in building an INSPass machine at the factory is to screw on the "Out of Order" sign.
Leo