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Microsoft Fingerprint Reader Firefox Extension

prod_fingerprint_reader.jpgMicrosoft Fingerprint Reader may look cool and be very useful in storing your passwords, but it's lousy when it comes to working with Firefox. We found this out the hard way last year when we purchased a reader and it didn't work a lick with Firefox.

Now there's a Firefox extension that allows a workaround for the reader software to recognize Firefox as a valid fingerprint capable app. Wee! Yet another way for us to pretend we're Tom Cruise.

Finger Fox [Google Translated from French]

9:48 AM on Sat Apr 29 2006
By Jason Chen
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  • Dustin Earnhardt at 09:58 AM on 04/29/06

    I was really excited to see this extension when you posted it, but alas, I've tried it and frankly, I can't get it to work for anything. Also, it seems that the "localization settings" don't apply to the interface, only to the detection of text boxes on the screen, so all the buttons are still in French. Looks like its time to try out that new beta of IE7.

  • oh thank god, i got that thing and it's been sitting in the closet forever! might have to bust it out again!

  • i have that exact model, gotta say, i ant too happy with it. it gets fairly hot (which is okay in the winter time but bad in spring, summer, and fall) and didnt work with things like aim. also, though its kinda useful, to me, if i wanted something like this (my dad bought the thing, not me) though you would need some sort of feature in case it broke and you had to type instead, that it would use the actual thumbprint as the password and not a word..though i guess thats a software thing ant it and doesnt have much to do with the actaul device...moving on...

  • why in the hell do you wanna pretend you're tom cruise?

  • This is sooooo cool. I have had this forever, and was so dissappointed when i found out it didn't work with firefox. I'm gonna download the plugin right now. THANK YOU SOO MUCH GIZMODO. This is the first time you've improved my productivity. ;)

  • except it won't work for me...

  • why in the hell do you wanna pretend you're tom cruise? So you can cherish the sweet, sweet memories of nailing Nicole Kidman. Good times.

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