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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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| 713726 | 2008-10-21 20:07:00 | 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. | alopes (5331) | ||
| 713727 | 2008-10-21 20:27:00 | I've used HP laptops that have finger print readers and you have to configure them while in windows so yes anyone can format your hard disk simply by popping in a bootable cd. | mOOseCaNNoN (13319) | ||
| 713728 | 2008-10-21 20:32:00 | My Acer laptop can be configured to ask for a fingerprint before it will let you into the BIOS or boot the machine. Doesn't stop someone from removing the HDD and formating it in another machine though. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 713729 | 2008-10-21 20:33:00 | Darn :-( Thanks for your reply mOOseCaNNoN What if the BIOS has a password protect will it still be possible to format the HDD with a bootable CD. Excuse my ignorance.. |
alopes (5331) | ||
| 713730 | 2008-10-21 20:33:00 | I've used HP laptops that have finger print readers and you have to configure them while in windows so yes anyone can format your hard disk simply by popping in a bootable cd. X2 - or even remove the drive and format it on another PC. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 713731 | 2008-10-21 20:34:00 | Thanks CYaBro I never looked at it that way.... |
alopes (5331) | ||
| 713732 | 2008-10-21 22:55:00 | And the baddies could also lop your finger off to get access!! | linw (53) | ||
| 713733 | 2008-10-22 00:48:00 | And the baddies could also lop your finger off to get access!! Good one (i like your way of thinking) |
alopes (5331) | ||
| 713734 | 2008-10-22 02:46:00 | Reminded me of this blog entry: www.ericsink.com |
dyewitness (9398) | ||
| 713735 | 2008-10-22 03:46:00 | lol @ the blog entry. The finger print reading software i used offered to let you use up to three different fingers ( in case you damaged one i guess ;) ) | mOOseCaNNoN (13319) | ||
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