im thinking of getting this
http://fingertecusa.com/multimedia-model-c-43/i-kiosk100-plus-p-94

but trying to find any sort of review hasn't turned up any thing is the finger print tec just a gimmick or does it actually work decent?

 

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I abhor workplaces that require clocking in and out.

 

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We have a finger print ID system to get access to where we work. It sucks in winter because it doesn't read prints for crap when your hands are frozen.

 

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You have s***ty employees?

 

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I'd totally steal that

 

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if you are looking for ways to fool it...find out what type of scanner it uses...

if it's optical...a simple picture of a fingerprint should fool it


if its capacitance....it will require a finger mold of some sort...whether rubber or plastic...or something similar that can hold a form


most commercial fingerprint readers are not the sophisticated ones you see in movies

 

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my ex worked at a place that used a handprint, it was biometric and measured the hand somehow.

 

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i don't think anyone would be trying to fool it , it would be right in front of my office and i come in before anyone and leave after everyone...

all i care is to have a device able to send break time warnings to my shops floor through speakers and to clock in people coming in late or leaving late for overtime pay. right now we have it on an honor system where they have to fill out their times on a time sheet and the younger crowd sometimes show up 10 mins late but they put the actual start time or go back to work 10 min late while the older crowd is working and its creating a bad atmosphere. most of them are good kids but you get 3-4 of them together and their IQ drops quickly, i don't want to hire a baby sitter...

it use to be fine when i had less than 10 employee but after i crossed 20 guys on the floor and 5-6 always on sites, its getting out of hand. and almost a full time job for somebody.

 

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They aren't bad. I have a client that uses one for parents to clock their kids in and out at a day care center. It scans well has very few misfires, and is robust enough to stand up to daily workplace use. In terms of complete dependability of clock in clock out, some card swipe systems are more solid. But then you run into the do they have the card or id. If you store it in the rack like an old style time card someone is clocking them in and out etc. For a 20-30 person workplace the fingerprint swipe device will work well... so long as it is not an overly greasy or dirty work environment. If your employees work with grease that will be smeared all over the thing when they clock out.

The actual fingerprint scanners are dirt cheap. I think my client pays $80 for them. Just a little USB device. It's the software timekeeping program that is a little more involved and expensive.

 

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You're going to create an even worse atmosphere when you stop trusting everyone because of 3 or 4 kids.

Call the kids on it, most just need a warning that you noticed what they're doing, and they need to knock it off or you're going to have to take action.

 

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