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news.cnet.com - 12/3/2008

Vietnamese security company: Your face is easy to fake

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This is me being enrolled by the Y430's Lenovo Veriface III authentication software to be a legitimate user of the computer. (Credit: Dong Ngo/CBS Interactive) Editor's note: CNET editor and Crave contributor Dong Ngo is spending the month of December in his homeland of Vietnam and plans ...

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ohgizmo.com - 11/26/2008

Lenovo Laptops To Get Disable By Text Message Feature

— ohgizmo.com — By Andrew Liszewski Come 2009, Lenovo will be adding a new feature to their ThinkPad notebooks called... ‘Lenovo Constant Secure Remote Disable’ that was co-developed with Phoenix Technologies. The new feature works with the ... (more) Lenovo Laptops To Get Disable By Text Message Feature

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slashgear.com - 11/26/2008

Lenovo S10e & S9e netbooks with QuickStart available end of November

— slashgear.com — Lenovo Europe have announced the availability of the IdeaPad S10e and S9e, the Instant On versions of... its existing netbook range. While the hardware of both netbooks is the same as the current models - a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, up to 1.5GB of ... (more) Lenovo S10e & S9e netbooks with QuickStart available end ...

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ubergizmo.com - 11/26/2008

New Lenovo Security Feature Locks Down ThinkPads

— ubergizmo.com — Lenovo knows that notebook theft is on the rise, and they have introduced a new security feature... that allows users to lockdown their Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks simply by sending a text message. Known as the Lenovo Constant Secure Remote Disable, it ... (more) New Lenovo Security Feature Locks Down ThinkPads

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Enhanced Photos Can Bypass Any Face-Recognition Software [Face]
Gizmodo — ... In lieu of fingerprint scanning and the tradional username/password combination, face recognition software may not be the most secure way to protect data. Until then, I'll just use my own "specially" produced photos (courtesy of Photoshop) to tweak that, uh, zit, maybe even change my eye color—ooh instant nose surgery—to log me in. But only after I post that photo of "myself" on my Facebook profile. Hah! [CNET Crave] ...

Reconocimiento facial en ordenadores: ¿EPIC FAIL?
Gizmologia — Existen varias formas de proteger tu PC para que nadie pueda acceder a él, pero si tienes que dajarlo en algún lugar durante un tiempo y lo dejas encendido pero “cerrado” y crees que esta seguro, te equivocas. Primero porque se lo pueden llevar, obvio, pero cada vez nos quedan menos formas seguras de protegerlo. Por ejemplo, el sistema de reconocimiento facial que algunos portátiles incluyen no son del todo seguros, ya que tu cara es muy fácil de recrear. La empresa vietnamita BKIS ha dado a conocer lo poco fiable que es este sistema y el sistema que han usado para demostrarlo es tan sencillo que me obligan a dejar de ...