| Eikon Digital Privacy Manager (USB fingerprint reader) - works with Firefox, Windows Vista, and now Mac | 
 enlarge | Brand: UPEK
Category: CE
List Price: $54.99
Buy New: $39.52
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (18 reviews)
Color: Silver
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 3.3 x 0.6 x 1.3
MPN: TCRG4CA1T6A3
Model: TCRD4CA1H6A3
UPC: 897583001025
EAN: 0897583001025
ASIN: B0018E72TY
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 A Ways to Go! September 15, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
As a technology professional, particularly in the IT field, and as a past project and implementation manager on various public safety projects, I am very familiar with AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Ident. System) and I suppose that technology is what I was erronously thinking the Eikon product used - not so. In the time it took to "get it just right", I could have entered authentication credentials a multitude of places many times before I could get the Eikon to "take" an entry. There seems to be too many conditions that have to be just perfect before it works as intended. For example, damp fingers, slightly dirty fingers, a film of lotion (no matter how small and invisible), not enough pressure, too much pressure, too fast a swipe, all those variables and more cause the h/w not to accept input. I'd love to have one of these but my personal and professional experience tells me they've got a ways to go before this is practical and makes sense to the run of the mill user. Go back to the design table folks and I'd love to have one..as I am sure many others would. You've got to take into better account the conditions variability amongst multitudes of everyday/casual users. Thanks G. Jones
 Highly Recommended September 11, 2008
My Aunt recently turned 80 and she's starting to have difficulties remembering all her different User ID's and Passwords ... online banking, online shopping, medicare, health insurance, etc, etc, etc. So, after a little research, I decided to give this thing a try.
The bottom line... it works GREAT!
In fact, I was so impressed with it that I bought one for myself and I expect other family members will find one of these in their Christmas stocking this year.
It's a great solution for handling the ever increasing number of User ID's and passwords that are part of using a computer today. It couldn't be easier with this device.
We're using it on Windows XP systems and it worked flawlessly. If you use Firefox 3, which we do, you'll need to download an add-on to get it to work properly, but that was very easy to do.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Great Device !!! September 8, 2008
The install for this was a simple as it gets. Very straight forward setup of the reader, and I had both operating systems of my dual-boot (winXP Pro and Vista Ultimate) system up an running with just a fingerprint logon in no time.
The device works flawlessly and I've had no glitches whatsoever!
I highly recommend this gizmo for anyone looking for a biometric logon device.
Incredible Fingerprint Reader September 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have tried the Microsoft, APC, Dell, and Omnipass fingerprint readers.
While the hardware is mediocre, the software is garbage.
Vista support is rare, Vista x64 support is ubelievably rare, and Windows 2008 support is non-existant.
Microsoft's own fingerprint reader wont properly support Windows Server 2008 or 64 bit.
On the other handm the Eikon /Upek solution is fantastic.
The hardware is made from aluminum instead of plastic and has a nice sturdy feel. However its the software that makes this solution stand out as "best of breed"
Not only does it support 64 bit and Vista and Windows 2008 Server, but it supports 2 factor and 3 factor authentication as well.
When you run the software, your first impression is WOW. The user experience is fantastic. It installs perfectly, its very intuitive and is very visually appealing.
It looks and feels like they really spent a lot of time on polishing the sofware.
If you are looking for a fingerprint solution, this is it.
Im so happy with my purchase that I just threw out my Microsoft and APC readers and I deleted my Omnipass software(that I had to pay extra for)
My new christmas wish is to get this reader built-in to a keyboard for my office PC.
Bottom line: I give it 12 out of 10. I bonus point for broad OS support and 1 bonus point for "exceeding expectations"
Works as stated August 29, 2008
This makes verifying the user so much easier. Works great on a Mac. Fast user switching really is FAST!
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