The update to Windows 8 will natively support fingerprint recognition, letting users sign into accounts and lock down folders with a single swipe.
Read more at: Windows 8.1 to let you secure folders with your fingerprint | Microsoft - CNET News
The update to Windows 8 will natively support fingerprint recognition, letting users sign into accounts and lock down folders with a single swipe.
No not for me. I am sure I saw this one time in a movie, in a scene involving a set of bolt cutters.
but let's hope hackers won't need to learn how to cut fingers to keep their jobs.
This reminds me of a cold-boot attack method that can be used to gain access to the contents of an encrypted drive/partition/volume (I use full disk encryption so that's why I mention this). All encryption programs store your passkey in RAM, and RAM is believed to be volatile, it's supposed to be completely flushed within a few minutes of powering off. But if an attacker can gain access to your RAM sticks within a very short time of your PC being powered off, they can freeze it for awhile with a can of compressed air and then extract your key from memory with forensics tools. This helps preserve the contents long enough for them to get at your passkey. I suppose any fingerprint authentication program works in a similar way, so if your digitized fingerprint can be extracted from RAM then theoretically they could use that to authenticate as you, without needing your actual finger or a biometric device.
Just thought I'd put something out there.
but let's hope hackers won't need to learn how to cut fingers to keep their jobs.
I wonder where the name hackers came from?
No not for me. I am sure I saw this one time in a movie, in a scene involving a set of bolt cutters.
Then I should be guessing with a yes.Microsoft is "working very closely" with two or three manufacturers to outfit Windows 8.1 with the necessary fingerprint support, according to The Verge. The company is also asking more manufacturers to outfit their laptops, tablets, keyboards, and mice with fingerprint readers.
I've just ordered this - UPEK TrueMe USB Secure Fingerprint Reader -No Software: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics
Hopefully it will work.
But that would probably still be vulnerable to the same cold boot attacks against encryption.
Interesting you mention that, as Microsoft is working with Fingerprint Cards (company that OBVIOUSLY does something with fingerprints) to produce high quality scanners that make sure your finger is alive and working.No not for me. I am sure I saw this one time in a movie, in a scene involving a set of bolt cutters.