Lol, Mark, want to send a device in for evaluation to the guys. I'm sure they would be up for it.
Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 Ph +1-917-207-3420 Mb +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:community- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heilpern, Mark > Sent: Thursday, 1 February 2007 1:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: data encryption + Biometric security > > There are many competing technologies behind fingerprint scanning and > evaluation techniques, some which are rather weak and others which are > quite strong. Forming opinions based on tests against a small subset of > them is not exactly doing due dilligence. > > Watching things like tv's MythBusters defeat fingerprint sensors is > interesting and entertaining, but when you know they're using several > year old, out-dated technology for the sensors they evaluate, you might > suspect that there's more to the story that they're telling you. > > Disclaimer: I work for a fingerprint sensor manufacturer. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Michel > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 12:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: data encryption + Biometric security > > Salve Ben! > > First it sounds a very smart idea to have biometric security, but sorry, > when I give you some sceptical feedback. > > On Thu, 01 Feb 2007, Ben Burdette wrote: > > > Here are a couple of items for the phone wish list: data encryption > > and biometric security. > > Biometric "security" wasn't discussed by the OpenMoko community yet, I'm > no crypto expert, but I'm not convinced that biometric worth the > hardware... see: > http://www.ccc.de/biometrie/fingerabdruck_kopieren > > When somebody wants to play with biometric "security" the Neo1973 could > be used for voiceanalysing - Print 7 random words to the screen and the > user has to read them aloud ... > > > I'd like the phone to be a secure place for me to store passwords and > > similar information. Are there plans to have some security features > > like this, that would prevent someone from extracting secure data from > > > the phone if it was lost? > > A file could have an encrypted filesystem, acess is given only for a > while and only while GPRS connection is on. > If it is lost, use Internet or an asterisk server to unmount this file. > > > Having a fingerprint scanner would be more of a convenience feature so > > > I wouldn't have to enter a password whenever I want use the phone, or > > alternatively when I want to access encrypted data. > > Sounds nice, but I have doubts that a fingerscanner is given real > security. > > I will going to play with my (Debian) Crytoflex card, but not to make > access more easy - to make it more secure. > So when I have to lost both - my Neo and my Cryptotoken. > > projectblackdog.com costs 199US$+Chiping for me to expensive. > > But this is just my 2cents.... > > When somebody has such a finger scanner and likes to make it running > with OpenMoko would be fine - but expect also some feedback that the > fingerscanner concept is not so secure as it looks like: > google "finger scanner site:www.schneier.com" > > Greetings, > rob > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
