Starting car with fingerprint?

**david69leonard** · 02-26-2007, 10:00 AM

Just wondering, has anyone here thought about the possibility of using a fingerprint reader and your carpc to start your car? Ive been toying with the idea and am looking for some ideas on how to accomplish this...

**alti** · 02-26-2007, 10:07 AM

ya, there was at least one thread on it a while back

**alti** · 02-26-2007, 10:10 AM

here is a thread to get you started....

Replacing key ignition

**DarquePervert** · 02-26-2007, 10:12 AM

In order to accomplish this via a PC, you'd need the PC to be on all the time.

**david69leonard** · 02-26-2007, 10:16 AM

I think it could be possible if i used a serially controlled relay board to hook to my ignition, maybe the kind that people are using for their HVAC controls, and a fingerprint reader, most of the fingerprint readers that ive seen are just used for user id and password authentication... Now if there was a way to set up some kind of user id and password configeration to activate the relay board i think i could be in business... I dont know im not an expert at that kind of stuff but it would be neat to try...

**david69leonard** · 02-26-2007, 10:20 AM

i do have a remote starter, could that be of any use?

I think i will move my questions over to that other thread since its already there and it has alot of answers,

preciate it guys!!!

**pate60** · 02-26-2007, 01:46 PM

you'd need a stand-alone reader, such that it would store the reference points of a finger print on the unit itself, and then maybe output to a pic or something to control a relay or relay(s) and control timing etc.

very expensive and i wouldn't trust or want to wait til a PC booted to start my car up!

however i have seen somewhere on the net of a company who has something like this for sale.

google is your friend!

**lxt_123** · 02-26-2007, 03:53 PM

More info about different systems at the bottom of the story:
http://www.assaabloyfuturelab.com/Fu...ls____266.aspx

**h3rk** · 02-26-2007, 11:57 PM

For some, it may be easier to pull your fingerprint off of something, do the super-glue trick, add some powder and make a copy of your fingerprint (like they just did on mythbusters) and hack your security system that way - Rather than hack a security code.

**pate60** · 02-27-2007, 06:23 AM

Originally Posted by h3rk

For some, it may be easier to pull your fingerprint off of something, do the super-glue trick, add some powder and make a copy of your fingerprint (like they just did on mythbusters) and hack your security system that way - Rather than hack a security code.

proper biometric systems, map the blood vessels underneath the skin and use these as the reference points, try cloning that!