It's sure is a interesting car-lock. Nice find Gordon. Cross platform too. Do yo think they make a euro-profile cylinder version of it too?
I first thought pattern lock to be very secure too. But when I thought about it I realised that the dots basically offer the maximal security as a 9 digits combination of numbers from 1->9. And most people don't even use all the dots. Just 4 or 5. The time out makes it more secure though.
But you can easily guess or at least greatly narrow down the search if you look at the finger marks on the touch screen..
That's why I don't use it and maybe you should probably consider the good old password too. So spread the world that they are not secure.
The face recognition is the most fascinating if you ask me. A pity that it doesn't work in the dark. Maybe you can bypass it with photo. IDK. But man,it's fun!
Still I think they are great because they are so comfy, so probably make a lot of people who wouldn't use any screensaver-pin use at least some security measure. And those who are uber-security-concious will use a decent password anyway.
As always feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
TeddyPicker, you sure it's not an urban legend? It sounds so brutal. I mean people cutting other people's hand off is not the same category as stealing a key or playing with the lock. It's a lot harder to cut a hand off... You have to have quite a stomach for that. And you can't really do it on streets, can you? That would probably solicit a call to the police in even the worse neighbourhoods. Or am I just too naive? It should probably raise the risk significantly. If you remember the story you heard: was it like a very expensive car?
True or not it sure sound horrific.
Then there's always the method of identifying the capillaries in the finger. I've heard they already use it at some ATMs in Japan. To complement credit card or to substitute them? I don't know. I've just read about it somewhere some time ago. Anyone knows sth. about that? It sound very secure.
(You can of course also drag to owner there if you would could down cut his hand, but I think it's a lot bigger hassle than today's most prolific methods.)
