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Re: Hacking USB Thumbdrives, Thumprint authentication
From: Robin <robin () technophobia co uk>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:41:57 +0000
I don't know how much consistant unique detail theire is in a thumb print, but if the encryption key was built up based on the print then none of these would matter.
m e wrote:
I'm guessing one can take the flash chip off the device and plug into regular USB drive. Or rewrite the thumbprint hash. Or hacks to fool the drivers. Or reverse engineer the login program to always return "Yes".
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