Problems with Microsoft Fingerprint Reader
Posted on March 7, 2006 - Filed Under biometrics, fingerprint, security | Leave a Comment
Apparently the Microsoft Fingerprint Reader transmits the fingerprint images to the computer un-encrypted. Which is interesting because the technology it is licensed from has encryption built in, Microsoft apparently has just turned it off. Personally I don’t think it is a big deal anyway, as you could just lift a fingerprint from the reader anyway.
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Multifinger biometrics
Posted on June 30, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts, biometrics, fingerprint | Leave a Comment
jkOnTheRun points to BiometricPIN system, which improves upon existing single-fingerprint readers by jointly recognising a number of fingers and the sequence that they are tapped in. This should reduce the spoofability of your biometrics, but I’m not sure it is a complete solution.
Read More..>>Bloggers vs Locks
Posted on May 19, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts, biometrics, fingerprint, lockpick | 1 Comment
You’d thing the blogosphere was out to get lock makers, but seeing as how pointing out flaws in products designed to provide security is a good thing, I’m OK with it.
You may remember that you can use a bic pen to open bicycle locks, well now you can use a small roll of cardboard to [...]
OS Independent Fingerprint USB flash drive
Posted on January 6, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts, biometrics, fingerprint, gadget | Leave a Comment
I don’t normally write about fingerprint devices for the consumer market, because they don’t interest me, and I’m not sure I trust my data to biometrics only. However, SecureID has pointed me to an interesting development of a drive that protects your data with a fingerprint, but does not require client software to be installed [...]
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