http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/ Engadget Comments for Aegis Bio grows to 640GB of fingerprint-protected storage 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/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/Jul 15th 2010 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/Jul 15th 2010 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/Jul 15th 2010 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/if your wife cares enough she'll just tear that finger off :P]]>Jul 15th 2010 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/Jul 15th 2010 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/Well the data is encrypted, so that won't help.]]>Jul 15th 2010 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/
Ah yes. I misread that in the article. Thx.]]>Jul 15th 2010 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/
There may be different algorithms with different strengths - but I wouldn't use that against anything but a hobby hacker.

Apparently the Indian intelligence service has cracked the BlackBerry's 256Bit encryption - but I don't know which algorithm it uses - that was in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks - however there is no official word on that.

Still - 128Bit encryptions have been cracked - 3G for example - so I'd not actually count on that drive keeping anything safe from anybody except hobby hackers.]]>Jul 15th 2010 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/Jul 15th 2010 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/Jul 15th 2010 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/Then they should market it as a home device - and not boast how secure it is.

And the average home user can use something like TrueCrypt on a normal drive which is much cheaper - the normal HDD costs maybe half or less and TrueCrypt itself is free.

Also - would you really buy such an expensive HDD if the encryption is only useful for home use?]]>Jul 15th 2010 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/The average home user might not have something interesting on him too often - but this isn't marketed as a home device.

And you wouldn't need to be a "super hacker".

A mathematician with some decent coding knowledge should be enough :)

And once you come to the company level you'll find that data might be far more valuable than you'd have though - and this isn't marketed as a home device - instead they are going on about how secure it is... - when it isn't.

On that note - I just found its 128Bit AES - 7-Zip uses 256Bit AES if you encrypt your file... -> more secure already.]]>Jul 15th 2010 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/
This is great tech, and the design is nice, functional and compact.]]>Jul 15th 2010 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/Jul 15th 2010 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/Jul 15th 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/Jul 15th 2010 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/15/aegis-bio-grows-to-640gb-of-fingerprint-protected-storage/Jul 15th 2010 2:53PM