Favorite Access Control Credentials 2018
By: Brian Rhodes, Published on Mar 22, 2018
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Comments (2)
Undisclosed Integrator #1
I've had customers themselves who have used fingerprint readers in the past report them as unreliable. I think it's almost similar as video analytics- high initial expectations but the reality was underwhelming. Plus their high cost limits them to niche or minority use at a site where it's mostly still RFID for the majority of portals.
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