08-12-2010, 09:50 PM
(08-12-2010, 08:48 PM)--Pete Wrote: And I have absolutely no idea of how to do it, but all attempts to date are good examples of how not to do it.Biometric dual key encryption embedded at point of sale. Pressing play reads your fingerprint and authorizes the use of the media. Each copy is unique and DL'd or burned to disc as needed. But, were about 5-10 years away from it being common. I think we'd see it on car, or home locks first. It still won't stop Warez pirates from decrypting and distributing in an unencrypted form. But, when the common media players are expecting a particular format (e.g. Blu-ray) then, it becomes awkward to have raw MPEG4. Some tech savvy consumers may be able to handle it, but most would rather not deal with the inconvenience.
I am surprised by how many laptops have built in biometric inputs now. At the last consulting gig I had, my laptop's hard drive was encrypted needing my fingerprint to enable sign-on, as well as a key fob PIN generator synchronized to a server. You have to tack the PIN to the end of your PW to get access to the network. But, information security is all moot if you have a Bradley Manning in your organization.