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Secure PDAs
An anonymous reader writes "This article at LinuxDevices.com introduces a unique Linux-based 'secure PDA' co-developed by IBM and Consumer Direct Link, Inc. (CDL). The Paron MPC combines the functions of a PDA, Bluetooth wireless access, cellular telephone, and biometric fingerprint recognition, along with a security-oriented hardware/software architecture. The device is claimed to be the world's first handheld wireless device with built-in biometric user authentication. The Paron is based on an Intel StrongARM SA-1110 processor and uses a Linux 2.4.x kernel and provides a GUI environment and PDA app suite based on Trolltech's Qtopia and Opera's browser much like the Sharp Zaurus."
But we give this one the finger?
that means it won't copy music files, and Microsoft can track your usage, right?
damn newspeak
So remember, gotta wipe the sensor everytime!
Oh, trust me! I wipe my sensor everytime.
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I've been wanting a secure PDA for years. My Palm III is always saying things like "You don't think I'm too old, do you?" and "Those Pocket PC's sure look thin." I'm about ready to trade it in for a "trophy PDA".
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Bare Bones re-released their announcement about their entry into the PDA market with their new Personal Analog Device, or PAD. The Bare Bones PAD uses the strong content encryption algorithm known as "Chicken Scratch" which renders the input unreadable to all except the PAD's rightful owner, without relying on the cumbersome key-and-passphrase systems of existing encryption technologies. There are two configurations available, the PAD 150 and the PAD 300. The PAD 150 has storage for 150 pages of data. The 300 doubles that.
If you really want to talk about PDA security, here's one palm device that's damned secure.
I only post comments when someone on the internet is wrong.
No my thumprint is based on a 168 bit prime number and I change it often. My disposable contacts encrypt my retina scan and the key changes with the contacts. And my DNA mutates every 30 days! I'm secure but I seem to be growing a strange appendage that talks to me. It seems to be very pro microsoft, MPAA,RIAA and republican. It must die!
Well, you've got nine other fingers as well as ten toes. If you get hacked that many times, there's not much else that anyone can do.
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
Imagine a Beowolf Cluster of THESE!!!