On Tuesday 10. December 2013 18.26.59 Felix wrote: > I don't know if some of you read hackaday, but reviewing my rss reader I've > seen that they plan to develop some kind of password external storage, even > with OLED and all! > > Articles about it: > > http://hackaday.com/2013/12/06/developed-on-hackaday-lets-build-some-hardwa > re/ > > http://hackaday.com/2013/12/09/developed-on-hackaday-first-feedback-from-us > ers/ > > I don't like the idea of smart-card reading with microcontroller, but > anyway, is another approximation to password security. Will see how this > ends ;)
I think we discussed smartcard-based solutions on IRC a few weeks ago or even on this list, perhaps in the context of PGP and genuine public key cryptography usage instead of services which sign stuff on your behalf (perhaps run by public agencies and banks). Smartcards appear to offer a chance of reasonable key management for individuals, but I've yet to dive into the topic properly. OLED aside - those people must have been reading Werner's mail - they also want to have a touchscreen - discarded as a luxury for Anelok - but the interesting thing they intend to do is to have a special USB HID message present a URL to their device from within the browser, although that will probably need a browser extension. It will be interesting to see how their thinking evolves from here... to match Werner's, of course. ;-) Paul _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
