Iris scan it looks practical except this method is extremely vulnerable to hackers. That can be a risk of strangers unlocking my phone and then accessing my data from and. Biometric data replacing passwords the first step in this direction was using a fingerprint to unlock the phone the best selling new phones like the samsung s eight and the i phone ten take things a step further. Instead of entering his pin number Roberto Wagner just told his samsung thats a in front of his face a built in infrared camera scans his irises the data are then compared with a recorded image of his iris and the smartphone is unlocked. I used a scanner a lot at first but i dont anymore because all i wanted to do was check the time and every time the phone would on lock itself obviously i wasnt. That is well is being impractical the ivory scanner in the sense of model is easy to outsmart as demonstrated by the hacker starbuck from germanys chaos computer club. He takes a photo of his eye with an infrared ca
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As part of the pandemic services that are getting extensions and additions, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced it would fund the universal free lunch program for another school year. And while the program is ultimately good and benefits over 2,000 Eagle County students and families it could reduce the funding that the school district receives as part of its participation in the National School Lunch Program. is a federally assisted meal program that was signed into law in 1946 by President Harry Truman. Eligibility as well as the distinction between free and reduced in this program is based off a number of factors including household size and income. Last year, the USDA made this program free as a result of the pandemic, meaning that all students were automatically eligible for free breakfast and lunch.
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Congressional leaders have hashed out a massive, year-end catchall bill that combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill and reams of other unfinished legislation on taxes, energy, education and health care.
The huge, still-unreleased bill is slated for votes on Monday with lawmakers having only a few hours to read it before deciding whether to approve the measure.
Here are the highlights of the legislation. Some spending amounts are not yet available and some aspects of the catchall bill do not involve spending.
Unemployment insurance ($120 billion)
Revives supplemental federal pandemic unemployment benefits but at $300 per week through March 14 instead of the $600 per week benefit that expired in July. Extends special pandemic benefits for “gig” workers and extends the maximum period for state-paid jobless benefits to 50 weeks.
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