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How would people log in from outside the office?

• iveusedit 7y ago
  There is a service called "Bloomberg Anywhere" where there is a portable fingerprint reader to log into a browser-based Bloomberg Terminal rather than the dedicated-server version. The reader does not need to plug into your computer. Instead, it reads data from your monitor optically (flashing) and your fingerprint to give you a one-time code.
  • raldi 7y ago
    Right, I used to work there. What I mean is, what would a cheating company with a “fingerprint guy“ do when a legitimate user needs to log in remotely? (What if the fingerprint guy got sick, or quit?)
    • iveusedit 7y ago
      High availability cluster of fingerprint guys, naturally.
      • ethbro 7y ago
        Personally, I run 2 clusters of 5 nodes each, in geographically disparate zones. There are some shared infrastructure dependencies that aren't redundant, but generally speaking the system can survive loss of multiple nodes and/or an entire site.
    • z2 7y ago
      I'd give the fingerprint guy the B-Unit Android App, which only takes a static QR code as input. Others could send him a screenshot, and get the log-in approved remotely.