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JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days ago

Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB drive is just an unencrypted SD card in a fancy case

www.tomshardware.com

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Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB drive is just an unencrypted SD card in a fancy case

www.tomshardware.com

JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days ago
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Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB drive is just an unencrypted SD card in a fancy case — AI-assisted follow-up finds a backdoor and hardcoded keys in other ‘secure’ USB products (updated)
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The fingerprint only switched the USB connection on; nothing on the card was encrypted.
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    Even with passwords they just attach some Israeli hacker machine and they’ll break in

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      No that only works in some instances. A correctly configured not iOS computer should be resistant to that.

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        Until they find a CVE they can use sure

        Plenty of those in motherboards, TPMs, CPUs, software, OS, etc.

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