If your password management system is to use your “fingerprint as your master password,” and if your laptop uses UPEK software, then you’ll not be happy to know your Windows password is not secure and instead is easily crackable. Read more
Some laptops, for instance from Dell, and some PDAs, and some flash drives (such as SanDisk Profile) have a built in fingerprint recognition for security. Can this be hacked? Could a motivated civilian computer geek do it? or would it take heavy-duty resources like FBI or NSA to do so? I keep mildly sensitive files on my flash drive and want to keep these safe if I lose the flash drive. I am computer-challenged and know zilch about security. Any thoughts?