The 'Unhackable' Swiss Army Knife USB Stick

[Marcus Yam]

The makers of the Swiss Army Knife claim that this thing is impossible to hack (though you could probably use the knife bit to do some hacking of your own).

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[Clintonio]

A USB memory stick does deserve a place on a swiss army knife in this modern era...

Also, I wouldn't mind one of these ;D

 

[tamick88]

"One step is fingerprint identification that's attached to a thermal sensor – so that the finger alone, detached from the body, will still not give access to the memory stick’s contents."

Umm... couldn't you just warm the detached finger up a little? You know, stick it under your armpit or something? lol

 

[Hothr]

Makes the "gummy bear impression" method harder. But heating up a severed finger seems plausible.
Until I have top secret clearance, this will probably be good enough for me.

 

[_Cubase_]

Now Macguyver can finally find his place in the modern era!

 

[babybeluga]

Breaking news:

The unhackable swiss army USB stick has been hacked.

 

[warmon6]

[citation][nom]babybeluga[/nom]Breaking news:The unhackable swiss army USB stick has been hacked.[/citation]

It's only a matter of time. :lol:

 

[polly the parrot]

I don't think I can take this USB stick to my classes...

 

[darkguset]

Every 6 months i see on the news the new "unhackable" something... then, 6 months later down the track, i see on the same news how they managed to exploit a "minor" bug and make it hackable...

 

[calmstateofmind]

[citation][nom]gamebrigada[/nom]Not hard to hack. Take a couple needles and heat them and poke em through the plastic to push down on the sensors, or if that doesn't work, push em down into contacts to hardware hack it. You might go through a few drives before you figure out the way to do it. Nothing is impossible to hack, some things just require a lot more work then others.[/citation]

okay, if they are willing to give out $150k if somebody cracks this, im pretty sure they have thought of that....idiot.

 

[pluripotent]

It's probably only USB 2.0. They will need to come out with a 3.0 version, since this one will be dated soon after it is bought.

 

[Guest]

On a side note, can it survive getting wet?
I mean, security aside, my swiss army knives go through hell.
Is it sturdy?

 

[Guest]

This unit would have to be part of your checked baggage if you fly, otherwise the TSA will take it away from you before you board your flight.

 

[Guest]

Not to split hairs, but hacking implies without a severed fingered cut by you, from the owner (lord knows what you did to the owner) and heated to the proper temperature.

I'm not sure what they call that, but you wouldn't have to be my cousin vinny to argue that's a bit more than hacking. ;>)

 

[reconspartan]

Looks like it has a laser tbh.

 

[cichy69]

there is always a way

 

[calmstateofmind]

[citation][nom]gamebrigada[/nom]In 2 hours hacking something new is pretty much impossible. Plus, I greatly doubt anybody had the resources to do something like that in 2 hours. Your calling the wrong guy the idiot.[/citation]

yeah.....but if somebody steals the drive and takes it home they're going to have longer than 2 hours to crack it. the product is designed for permanent security, not just 2 hours.

and you're right, you're the idiot.

 

[Icehearted]

You guys realize this officially means nerds will be armed, right? Bully's beware...


....right after I finish backing up my data.

 

[ben850]

[citation][nom]tamick88[/nom]"One step is fingerprint identification that's attached to a thermal sensor – so that the finger alone, detached from the body, will still not give access to the memory stick’s contents." Umm... couldn't you just warm the detached finger up a little? You know, stick it under your armpit or something? lol[/citation]

yep

would of been more effective with some type of heartbeat sensor...

 

[beachbod]

I replaced my swiss army knife with a leatherman a long time ago. Im not carrying this just for the usb.