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It is bad enough that pick pocketers know the place where 90% of males keep their cash and credit cards...what happens when identity thieves know the exact plac
by saosebastiao 14y ago
It is bad enough that pick pocketers know the place where 90% of males keep their cash and credit cards...what happens when identity thieves know the exact place people keep their entire digital persona?
- adrianN 14y agoIt doesn't seem easy to me to steal a ring from someone's finger. Since the key is never transmitted, copying it without having access to the hardware also seems impossible. Proper implementations would also have the user remember a PIN or the like, so that losing the key doesn't exponse your whole identity.
- mootothemax 14y agoIt doesn't seem easy to me to steal a ring from someone's finger. Do you wear a ring? I ask because I used to think similarly, but now that I've worn a ring for a couple of years, I find them incredibly easy to remove. Admittedly, some might wear smaller and tighter rings, but I think the good ol' twist & pull works in a lot of cases.
- NateDad 14y agoThe real question is, how hard is it for someone to steal your ring without you knowing? Because that's the only part that's important. As long as you know it's stolen, you can go in and deactivate it before the thief can do any real damage. (There's usually a backup authentication measure, like a password text messaged to your phone that'll let you log in to deactivate the key).
- chimeracoder 14y agoSo all someone has to do is break into my locker while I'm at the gym (assuming I remove my ring and cell phone before I go swimming, etc.)?
- jtheory 14y agoI think the idea of using a ring for this purpose is that you never need remove it. It would have to be pretty durable, of course, but then you'd basically leave it on while swimming, sleeping, etc. (like the standard approach to a wedding band). Having it work by proximity makes me a bit more uneasy, though -- I imagine someone brushing by your hand in the subway and authenticating with your bank then & there.
- gotrythis 14y agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgWvn4yldM4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgWvn4yldM4
- Anechoic 14y agoIt doesn't seem easy to me to steal a ring from someone's finger Maybe, maybe not, but there are all kinds of professions and occupations where rings must be removed for safety and/or security reasons. It would seem easy for a thief to be able to take advantage of those situations to get the "key" to someones online persona.
- DanBC 14y agoThe attacker punches you in the face, hard, until you give them the ring or until you are weak enough for them to take the ring from you. Since people have been kidnapped and forced to enter their ATM PIN to withdraw the maximum (often kidnapped near midnight so the gang can make two maximum withdrawals) this violent scenario isn't particularly farfetched. It depends what the ring gives access to.
- adrianN 14y agoAnything is vulnerable to rubber-hose cryptanalysis. The question is whether this is more or less secure than average Joe using the same three passwords for every site he logs into.
- toddh 14y ago> It doesn't seem easy to me to steal a ring from someone's finger There are alternatives: 1. Point gun and say give me the ring with your entire identity on it. 2. Chop finger off and take the ring. Becoming the bearer bond of my identity seems like a very bad idea.