Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB drive is just an unencrypted SD card in a fancy case
Lenovo’s ThinkPlus FU100 fingerprint USB drive held an unencrypted SD card, and Codex found fixed keys in other ‘secure’ USB products.
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Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypted SD card in a case
Article URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1xl2pr3/lenovos_encrypted_fingerprint_usb_drive_is_just/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326099 Points: 411 # Comments: 148
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Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypted SD card in a case
Article URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1xl2pr3/lenovos_encrypted_fingerprint_usb_drive_is_just/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326099 Points: 372 # Comments: 133
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Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypted SD card in a case
Article URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1xl2pr3/lenovos_encrypted_fingerprint_usb_drive_is_just/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326099 Points: 200 # Comments: 73
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| Factor | Weight | Score | Contribution | Where it came from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corroboration | 0.35 | 0.39 | +0.135 26% | 1 independent org on the story. Tier-3 aggregators never corroborate — they can show something is circulating, never that it is true. |
| Source trustleads | 0.25 | 0.80 | +0.200 38% | Tom's Hardware is the highest-trust source on this story. Trust is taken from the best source, not averaged. |
| Pickup rate | 0.20 | 0.06 | +0.013 2% | One counted organisation, so there is no spread to measure — nothing has picked this up to set a rate. |
| Freshness | 0.20 | 0.89 | +0.177 34% | Halves every 10 hours from the newest item on the story. This is the only factor that rewards a story for nothing more than being recent. |
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What happened
Lenovo’s ThinkPlus FU100 fingerprint USB drive held an unencrypted SD card, and Codex found fixed keys in other ‘secure’ USB products. Article URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1xl2pr3/lenovos_encrypted_fingerprint_usb_drive_is_just/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326099 Points: 411 # Comments: 148
How this story arrived
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- 01 Tomshardware first seen Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB drive is just an unencrypted SD card in a fancy case
- 02 Hnrss +3.0h Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypted SD card in a case
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