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Plenty of headlines are warning about anyone’s fingerprint being able to unlock a Samsung Galaxy S10, but I’m not sure it’s quite as simple as that…
Continue reading About that “Any fingerprint can unlock your Samsung Galaxy S10” report
When it comes to safes, mechanical design and physical layout are just as important as the electronic bits. If care isn’t taken, one element can undermine the other. That appears to be the case with this Amazon Basics branded biometric pistol safe. Because of the mechanical design, the fingerprint sensor …read more
Continue reading Pistol Safe’s Poor Design Means Biometric Sensor Bypassed in Seconds
I installed the following extensions:
https://mybrowseraddon.com/audiocontext-defender.html
https://mybrowseraddon.com/canvas-defender.html
https://mybrowseraddon.com/font-defender.html
https://mybrowseraddon.com/webgl-defe… Continue reading Why are fingerprinting defenders not able to detect any for instagram? [closed]
Iphone uses by default 6-digit PIN that has an entropy of 19.93 bits
When iPhone processes the fingerprint, how much entropy does it have?
How long should standard passphrase be until it is as secure as touch id fingerprint… Continue reading How much entropy does Apple Touch ID sensor read fingerprint has?
More and more, we’re seeing bike locks that open not with a key or combination, but with a fingerprint or Bluetooth signal. Almost all of those, however, are of the U-lock variety. What if you prefer the more compact form factor and wider rea… Continue reading ZiiLock brings biometric tech to folding locks
In its default settings, uMatrix content blocker allows CSS and images (JPG, PNG, etc) from all sources, unless denied by a site-specific block list. It also allows 1st party cookies, scripts, and multimedia.
How much can a … Continue reading What can a 3rd party learn about a user through only CSS and images?
As many a fancy-refrigerator-owner will know, fingerprints tend to be highly visible on stainless steel. A new transparent coating could help, however, as it goes about reducing the appearance of prints in three ways…
Continue Reading Nano… Continue reading Nano-coating keeps fingerprints from showing up on stainless steel
I wonder if it’s better to standardize or randomize data for anonymity. For example, think of browser fingerprinting. If you standardize every parameter, you would have all browsers returning the same user-agent, the same ins… Continue reading Anonymity: standardization or randomization?
Yesterday I logged on to my banking app via my iPhone. The normal procedure was to enter information that consisted of:
The answer to a security question. This had to be entered in full and was the same during each login.
Three character… Continue reading Banking app logon – multiple fingerprints on a device vs 2 passwords known by 1 person
I have a OnePlus 6 smartphone and I recently opened a bank account in a bank which seems to me very innovative in the context going payment card (debit/credit) free (using only application and/or cash).
It will not necessaril… Continue reading Making transactions only, or almost only, by QR codes