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- RichStevenson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I have one of the first generation drives from Kanguru, but I haven't used it in some time now. The fingerprint reader is slow to complete the scan, which becomes a little aggravating. And depending on how your USB ports are arranged, the device could end up being upside down or sideways making it hard to put your finger on. And this is a Windows only device, since the scanner software is written for Windows. And the size of this thing is huge compared to a normal flash drive.
- sniffer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Very cool but also very expensive. 200 bucks just for a pen drive!!
- austindkelly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2No it gets a lot of DIGGs because of who it was subbmitted by.
- MattS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Interesting that this is getting some diggs. This is not new technology - very far from it actually. And this is not the best or newest implementation. There are devices with similar or smaller footprints that are driver-less, lower in cost, and will operate on multiple OSs.
Is the play this article getting because there are pics at the top of the link or that biometrics and strong authentication technologies are being more widely accepted?
At the end of the day - what does the biometric provide that use of a open source solution like Truecrypt doesnt provide? - Orbatos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I can understand needing software to key the device, but requiring soft authentication to access it lowers usability and brings the security of the device into question.
- MattS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@JonForTheWin
Please do *all* your homework before making broad, incorrect statements. A biometric as a form of strong authentication is no better or worse than any other when used appropriately, and in the context of an overall security system. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Would you feel safe if you were to leave a thousand copies of your password everywhere you go? That what biometrics does! Everything you touch has a copy of your password, (a fingerprint). Anyone can dust it off and gain total acess to all your data. And guess what, when your biometric password is compromised. You can't change it. Ever!
Biometrics is only useful in a two factor security system. A password and a fingerprint. - bflfab, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Do you know why Sony discontinued it?
- MattS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@austindkelly (or maybe this is for Crest444)
Really? Then who is Crest444 and why do "we" care? - cds0528, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Um... cool, I want one
- windhawk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The drive does not provide encrypt/decrypt when used with Linux or Mac (BSD) systems. Only Windows. :(
- MattS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@austindkelly (or maybe this is for Crest444)
forgot to add a thought from the previous entry.
Isn't the point of digg about the CONTENT, and not the person submitting it? Or have I misconstrued the original comment. - DBrez8, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Probably the same thing that happens in any flash drive. You lose your data. People often forget that the purpose of Flash drives is for portability, not to keep all you un-backed up data on. Its a secure and encrypted portable solution with no client install. Me likey.
- DBrez8, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1From Kanguru website:
False Acceptance Rate 1/1,000,000
Not bad I think - CCutestory, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My boss got me a similar product, by Lexar, for Christmas in '04. This is not all that new.
- SmurfyBrown, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1the mythbusters could crack it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhllPkr4kIg - joesteele, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is definitely not new. These guys introduced the first one that I saw back around 2001: http://www.mxisecurity.com/?p=products&i=stealth_mxp
And of course Sony followed up with the Puppy soon after: http://bssc.sel.sony.com/news/puppy/index.html
I have a prototype of the StealthMXP and it works very well. Plus it lets you do digital signatures as well as encrypt the data on the device. And its got a black metal casing -- can't beat that. - DBrez8, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Check these ones out too.
http://www.kanguru.com/biodrive.html
http://www.kanguru.com/35biostor.html - JonForTheWin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1You can change your key, you can change your password, you can't change what you are. I discourage others from using this. Don't be sacrificing security for convenience now.
- klawz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0these slit type readers are better than that, you're probably thinking of the ones that can be manulipated by gummy bears - I'm not saying this one isn't defeatable, it's just a bit harder.
- clippydiper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I like this cute little thing, though I believe it is not exceptionally secure. The sensor are two conductive bars, so one needs to apply his finger to connect these. So the quality of reading will depend on the moisture. However I can imagine IT guys would wear this particular device as a status symbol.
- tanar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Here is a bad experience with the Kanguru Bio Slider - http://www.jamesmaurer.com/biometric-flash-drives.asp
Segment of the post "After a few weeks, the biometric flash drive menu would not automatically load and I had to navigate to the bio slider II partition, and then click on the fdmenu.exe. Sometimes it would autorun, sometimes not. I just ignored this behavior (which should have been a sign!). A couple of months later, it just stopped working on me!" - andreirailean, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0No Mac support - no digg
- yquem, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Does anyone know the stats on false positives???? Thats the part that worries me. Even if it is .9% that is still not secure.
- SamShazaam, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0It is not that difficult to get some one's fingerprint. A drinking glass and a piece of transparent tape are all that is needed. Scan and then print to a tranparency and attach to your own finger. I suppose it is better than nothing but not by much.
- aronschatz, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1These fingerprint readers are not very special by themselves. I guess putting them with flash is new. What happens when the flash memory fails?
- saqib, on 10/12/2007, -10/+4so what's new???
Sony and other manufacturers had this for a while:
http://www.sony.net/Products/Media/Microvault/usm-c.html
saqib
http://www.full-disk-encryption.net
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