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<p class=MsoNormal>Having a look over the draft, I notice a comment about the
device element, “<i>RS232 is only included below to give an idea of where
we could go with this. Should we instead just make this only useful for
audiovisual streams? Unless there are compelling reasons, we probably should
not be this generic. So far, the reasons aren't that compelling.</i>”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I have a usage case that would benefit from other types of
device access other than audiovisual:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>We currently run a news service that requires users log on
to access our data and market reports (practically all major banking institutions
in the world use us). I could envisage either a thumb-print reader allowing us
to authenticate the user biometrically, or providing each user with a USB thumb
stick that contains a unique identifier of some sort that when read using the
device element could be used to authenticate them like a sort-of “web-dongle”.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>One of our big issues is plagiarism and password sharing
amongst our clients. This type of access would allow us to lock down secure
content without having to install applications on the client computers which as
you can imagine, is a no-no when dealing with banks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Comments anyone?<o:p></o:p></p>
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