http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/ Engadget Comments for Axxis fingerprint door lock invites hacker wannabes to burgle your premises http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/Jul 10th 2009 5:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/
Srsly, this lock is completely rubbish. What happens if I tell one of my friends to get something from the house?]]>Jul 10th 2009 5:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/
Lend them your finger, Duh.]]>Jul 10th 2009 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/
WHISTLER: Uh oh.

CREASE: Don't even joke about that, Martin. Those things are impossible.

BISHOP: Think I'm joking? Looks like they just put it in.

CREASE:Oh boy!

MOTHER: Here, maybe this might help. An old buddy of mine that was in Desert Storm sent it to me. Of course, he was on the other side.

BISHOP: Come on, Crease, there's got to be a way around these things!

CREASE: All right, all right. This might work.

BISHOP: Yeah... yeah... above... yeah... right... uh huh... uh huh... yeah... right... yeah...
Okay. I'll give it a shot.

[ Bishop kicks the door open with one good boot.]
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It says uploaded successfully yet nothing appear! Ive tried jpg, png, bmp, 640x480, 100x100, 64x64

All the same!]]>Jul 10th 2009 5:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/Jul 10th 2009 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/
STFU already.]]>Jul 10th 2009 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/Jul 10th 2009 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/Jul 10th 2009 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/Jul 10th 2009 5:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/Jul 10th 2009 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/Jul 10th 2009 6:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/
thanks for the humor! :)]]>Jul 10th 2009 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/
We have a secure room where I work. Really fancy biometric hand scanner and super tough lock securing the door. No prox card, no biometric scan, you don't get in. The door is incredibly secure.

The emergency entry plan? "Take a running leap and go through the drywall next to the door." Seriously. It's just standard drywall. Will take seconds to breach. No real tools needed.

The moral is that you can make the door secure but when you make walls out of relatively fragile stuff, then the room is only as secure as the fragile stuff. Drywall is a particularly bad choice for security. ]]>Jul 10th 2009 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/
That would be funny, guy tries to hack into and break down door. Many tries later he punches hole through drywall next to door. lol]]>Jul 10th 2009 7:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/
Similar thing was done in an episode of Burn Notice. Drug dealer has big, bad steel door. Star of show knocks, threatens, then shoots through drywall next to door a bunch of times. Another thing about fingerprint readers is that they can be glitchy and you need to swipe your finger several times - with some folks (like myself) where our fingerprints are just hard to read. My son and I were messing around with one and the reader had a very difficult time with my fingerprint swipes while my son had very few problems.

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if they are aware of the security limitations of drywall, then perhaps they are counting on the lack of covering your tracks. slip through a door, easier to cover your tracks/mask/edit the security logs, etc. a little harder to hide a bugs bunny-shaped hole in the wall. :)]]>Jul 10th 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/Jul 10th 2009 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/Jul 10th 2009 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/
(reclines back in overstuffed leather chair and takes a sip of scotch)]]>Jul 10th 2009 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/axxis-fingerprint-door-lock-invites-hacker-wannabes-to-burgle-yo/(http://www.kwikset.com/smartseries/smartscan/Gallery.aspx)
It's not a security thing, it's a convenience thing, as I know that Kwikset locks are notoriously easy to pick/bump.
But hey, I don't have to carry a keychain/keys anymore.
More safe, no-scratch room in my pockets for blackberries, iPhones, etc...
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Before opinions are tendered it might be worthwile to check your facts. this is a brilliant product that will defeat virtually any attempt at non destructive entry. ]]>Jul 13th 2009 2:48AM