Article 3SJF8 Screwdriver optional: fingerprint lock broadcasts its unlock code over Bluetooth (and the steel is garbage)

Screwdriver optional: fingerprint lock broadcasts its unlock code over Bluetooth (and the steel is garbage)

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Cory Doctorow
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Fingerprint locks are catastrophically awful, part LXVII: the software security on the crowdfunded Tapplock "is basically nonexistent" -- the lock broadcasts its own unlock code over Bluetooth, and if you send it back to the lock, it pops open. (more")

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