On Sat, 4 Apr 2009 18:04:48 -0400 Jason Dixon <ja...@dixongroup.net> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 05:54:22PM -0400, Aaron W. Hsu wrote: > > Hey Toby, > > > > From weing...@tepid.org Fri Apr 3 16:07:44 2009 > > Subject: Re: Extending libfprint > > > > If any of you guys can track down the programming > > documentation, that would be a good start to having this type of > > device supported... > > > > Just a thought, but it seems that my Lenovo T500 has an AES2810 > > from AuthenTec. Checking their website, it appears that one of the > > things they do is provide SDKs to interested parties. I have not > > figured out what counts as a qualifying request to get the SDK, but > > I just thought I would ask whether anyone else has tried to obtain > > the documentation directly from them in this form and whether it > > works if they did get it? Is Authentec just another one of those > > companies which refuse to give out the documentation without a host > > of NDAs and the like? > > From what I've read on the libfprint mailing list, yes. Is it worth the time to put AuthenTec on my open specs hit-list? Off the top of my head, there's only one system here with a finger scanner, Fujitsu Lifeboox 820... and I haven't even touched the damn thing. In short, I don't keep up with laptop development that much, so I'm not sure how prevalent these devices are? -- J.C. Roberts
