Re: Hacking USB Thumbdrives, Thumprint authentication

[Robin <robin () technophobia co uk>]

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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