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The
height of the key isn’t that bad at all considering it has
a sensor built-in. This
picture shows the BioSlimDisk height compared to a Dell
USB key. As
you can see they don’t differ from height that much.
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Comparison
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Installation:::…
To
begin using the BioSlimDisk you have to setup your fingerprint
first.
The
key has a switch on the side for a normal and an enrolment
mode.
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Mode
Switch
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The
enrolment mode is for the key to recognize your fingerprint
and this is where you start.
Switch
the device to enrolment mode and plug it into your computer.
This
makes the enrolment light, the light with the lock icon,
switch on orange and the key waits for the first fingerprint.
The
manual states you have to enter 5 fingerprints and wait
for the enrolment light to switch off.
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Mode
Switch
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Now
you can enrol 5 different kind of fingerprints or 5 the
same, each successful enrolment will turn the light with
a smiley green for ok and red for denied.
After
5 succesfull fingerprint enrolments the enrolment light
will turn off. Once
this is done you have to unplug the key and switch it to
normal mode. Now
you are ready for usage and can plug it back in.
The
USB key cannot be accessed if the key doesn’t have any fingerprints
enrolled or doesn’t recognize the fingerprint it’s given.
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Mode
Switch
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The
sensor itself is fairly small and it only scans a part of
your fingerprint. This
means that you have to be sure you place your finger exactly
as you enrolled it, otherwise the fingerprint won’t be recognized.
I
noticed in the manual that the enrolment switch is nice
and big, but the sample I received had a small dipswitch
which I could only switch by means of a paperclip.
This
could be useful in the sense that you are pretty sure no-one
messes with your key and switches the key into enrolment
mode without you knowing. It can also be a pain
if you really need to switch it, but you don’t have anything
to switch it with. A nice idea would be
if they molded something into the cap that you could use
to flip it with.
After
verifying your fingerprint, the USB key is accessible and
will remain so, even after a restart.
Windows
incidentally doesn’t even detect the key unless the fingerprint
is verified.
The
fingerprint verification only takes a second or so and then
Windows installs the key and shows the contents.
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