Deniable Thumbdrive?

[Ben Laurie]

Tyler Durden wrote:
> I got a hold of a little gadget recently that is very nearly perfect for 
> certain forms of data storage. It's called a "Thumbdrive" and I bought 
> it online somewhere (64Meg for about $179 or so).
> 
> The cool thing about this drive (small enough that it has holes for use 
> as a keychain) is that it's got a "Public" area and a private area, and 
> the private area is accessible (if one desires) only via the little 
> fingerprint reader on the top of the drive. (It's also USB based, and on 
> Windows2000 and beyond you don't need any software drivers--just plug it 
> in to a USB port and it appears as a drive).
> 
> ANyway, I was wondering. I'd really like a nice software mod of this 
> thing so that, depending on which finger I use for verification, a 
> different private area on the drive will open (right now several users 
> can be assigned access by the master user to use their fingerprint for 
> access to the single private area). Of course, there should be no 
> indication that there even IS more than one private area.
> 
> So...anyone heard of such a hack/mod, or is there a straightforward way 
> to go about doing it oneself?

Nice! Get them to cut _all_ your fingers off instead of just one.

Just say no to amputationware.

Cheers,

Ben.

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