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| Thread ID: 94259 | 2008-10-21 20:07:00 | How secure is a finger print reader on a laptop? | alopes (5331) | Press F1 |
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| 713736 | 2008-10-22 06:07:00 | I have a fingerprint scanner on my ASUS laptop. Problem is, the lid has a black high-shine finish. I can see lovely entire fingerprints on the lid that could be quite easily uplifted and used to create a "fingerprint" for the scanner. :waughh: | Jen (38) | ||
| 713737 | 2008-10-22 06:17:00 | I have a fingerprint scanner on my ASUS laptop. Problem is, the lid has a black high-shine finish. I can see lovely entire fingerprints on the lid that could be quite easily uplifted and used to create a "fingerprint" for the scanner. :waughh: I've seen many laptops with fingerprints on the reader itself as well :D |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 713738 | 2008-10-22 07:13:00 | And the baddies could also lop your finger off to get access!! there are easier ways and lot less messy and can be found in all offices and homes |
beama (111) | ||
| 713739 | 2008-10-22 19:45:00 | Reminded me of this blog entry: www.ericsink.com That was a good read...... |
alopes (5331) | ||
| 713740 | 2008-10-23 03:31:00 | I’m looking at buying a laptop/ notebook (Brand has not been considered yet) some laptop manufacturers are marketing an inbuilt fingerprint scanner. What I would like to know is if the laptops fingerprint reader is enabled and is stolen can anybody re-format the hard disk? I’m keen to know. first off... not all finger print scanners are very good, the wipe over ones are much better then the older push down ones. (google for "gummy fingers") second the only thing that will stop the head drive being cloned or re-formated is whole drive encryption or IDE drive locking. most IDE drive support a cool IDE command of "lock this drive". this is done at a chip level and there is no unlock bypass unless you contact the drive maker. if your BIOS supports drive locking and finger print scanning then you could get the drive locked, the only unlock is the finger print. I dont know of any laptop that support both finger print scanning at BIOS level and drive locking...... |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 713741 | 2008-10-23 05:48:00 | Is next to pointless easy to by pass all normal password access tricks still work Also for th BIOS password, just as easy to disable, harder on notebooks more screws to undo to get to the battery, then the PC :-) If you are worried about the data encrypt it, if someone has the notebook they have your data. Thanks |
astro65536 (13645) | ||
| 713742 | 2008-10-23 10:27:00 | You cannot bypass/crack/reset the BIOS in many Toshiba laptops, they need to be sent in to the authorised severce shop. | Rob99 (151) | ||
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