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posted by chromas on Friday June 15 2018, @01:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the where's-the-blockchain? dept.

A hi-tech padlock secured with a fingerprint can be opened by anyone with a smartphone, security researchers have found.

On its website, Tapplock is described as the "world's first smart fingerprint padlock".

But researchers said it took just 45 minutes to find a way to unlock any Tapplock.

[...] The "major flaw" in its design is that the unlock key for the device is easily discovered because it is generated from the Bluetooth Low Energy ID that is broadcast by the lock.

Anyone with a smartphone would be able to pick up this key if they scanned for Bluetooth devices when close to a Tapplock.

Using this key in conjunction with commands broadcast by the Tapplock would let attackers successfully open any one they found, said Mr Tierney.

In response, Tapplock said in a statement that it was issuing a software update.

-- submitted from IRC


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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Friday June 15 2018, @01:58PM (9 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Friday June 15 2018, @01:58PM (#693479)

    The bolt cutters will always win. I think a flask of LN2 can speed the process, also.

    As for:

    hi-tech padlock secured with a fingerprint

    shoudn't that be a hype-tech padlock that you can open with a fingerprint, or a replay attack that even garage door openers figured out how to defeat with rolling codes in the 1970s?

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by EvilSS on Friday June 15 2018, @02:01PM (7 children)

    by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Friday June 15 2018, @02:01PM (#693482)
    Bolt cutters won't always win, but I've yet to see a lock that can stand up to an angle grinder.
    • (Score: 2) by BsAtHome on Friday June 15 2018, @02:33PM (4 children)

      by BsAtHome (889) on Friday June 15 2018, @02:33PM (#693502)

      They do exist, locks capable of resisting angle grinders.

      However, I have never seen a lock resisting a regular tank. Well, a safe's version may require a sizable tank with proper ammunition.

      • (Score: 2) by Snow on Friday June 15 2018, @03:01PM (2 children)

        by Snow (1601) on Friday June 15 2018, @03:01PM (#693517) Journal

        I'd just throw a rock through your window.

        Locks are for honest people.

        • (Score: 2) by Snow on Friday June 15 2018, @03:02PM

          by Snow (1601) on Friday June 15 2018, @03:02PM (#693519) Journal

          Oh, I didn't realize this was a padlock.

          Nevermind, carry on!

        • (Score: 4, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Friday June 15 2018, @07:03PM

          by JoeMerchant (3937) on Friday June 15 2018, @07:03PM (#693648)

          Any time my wife gets "worried about the security of our door locks" I remind her that we've got 4 giant walls of glass, 2 on either side of 2 doors - it doesn't really matter how good our locks are, or aren't.

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      • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 15 2018, @04:01PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 15 2018, @04:01PM (#693551)

        Or two tanks, one of oxygen and the other acetylene commanded by a blowtorch.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 15 2018, @05:50PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 15 2018, @05:50PM (#693610)

      I was told that a can of aerosol Cheese-Whiz will open most key type locks when sprayed into a keyhole.

      • (Score: 2) by kazzie on Saturday June 16 2018, @09:24AM

        by kazzie (5309) Subscriber Badge on Saturday June 16 2018, @09:24AM (#693894)

        Have the mice also told you that you have several large "keyholes" in your skirting board?

  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday June 15 2018, @02:41PM

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Friday June 15 2018, @02:41PM (#693508) Homepage
    LN2 helps the club hammer solution more than the angle-grinder solution.
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