News Story: UPEK Fingerprint Readers: a Huge Security Hole

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News Story: UPEK Fingerprint Readers: a Huge Security Hole

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#1 Post by loyukfai » Tue Sep 04, 2012 5:52 pm

i believe upek readers are used by some older thinkpads, but not sure if the protector suite is a re-branded model or what...

could be concern to some.

cheers.

original: http://blog.crackpassword.com/2012/08/u ... rity-hole/

via: http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/09 ... s-exposed/

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