My company is going to send me a computer to use for work here at home. I am going to use wired networking for my PC now and the computer from my company. However, the IT people from my company can control their computer whenever they wan to, and it scares me to know that because that means they may be able to access our PC since they're networked. I also understand that most wired routers nowadays have firewalls in it, but I still want to be very extra careful.
I found out about the Intellimouse with fingerprint scanning and I think it's cool to know that it has to have your fingerprint to be able to login to a certain site. Can anyone share with me how this really works? Lets say I do bank transactions in our PC and I use the fingerprint scanning, will that encrypt my login information from hackers? I have tried to view Microsoft's online tour about this product, but all they explained is about convenience and not security...well, at least, that's how I understood it. :-)
2006-12-09 12:57:01 · 1 answers · asked by lexie 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
it prevents others from unauthorized direct access to to your computer.
it will not stop hackers or other vermin
2006-12-09 13:00:48 · answer #1 · answered by bata4689 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋