Security quotes of the week
Dan Geer often said
[PDF] that "the price of freedom is the probability of
crime." We are willing to pay this price because it isn't that high. As
technology makes individual and small-group actors more
powerful, this
price will get higher. Will there be a point in the future where free and
open societies will no longer be able to survive? I honestly don't know.
— Bruce
Schneier
Tapplock sells an "unbreakable" Internet-connected lock that you can open
with your fingerprint. It
turns out that:
— Bruce
Schneier (again!)- The lock broadcasts its Bluetooth MAC address in the clear, and you can calculate the unlock key from it.
- Any Tapplock account [can] unlock every lock.
- You can open the lock with a screwdriver.
Posted Jun 21, 2018 9:41 UTC (Thu)
by alanjwylie (subscriber, #4794)
[Link]
It's a clone that opens with a torx screwdriver.
https://twitter.com/LockPickingLwyr/status/10076131782499...
Security quotes of the week
The Tapplock isn't openable with a screwdriver, but the backplate might unscrew if you stick e.g. a GoPro mount on it and the spring-loaded locking pin doesn't function correctly.