The 16 mechanical pins are used to create the braille characters, you don't poke them down individually to creat you password. Check out the video or the article, they help.
On another note, i think that something like this is a major advantage in defending against password theft through video recording as most of the action is happening under your fingers and is therefore impossible to intercept.
I think the worry is not only about what NK could do with a bomb right now, but what may happen when North Koreans/China or some other power finally removes the government. Post-Soviet Russia was scary enough with thousands of nuclear devices all over the place - imagine how desperate many NKs would be to get their hands on any type of asset in a chaotic country after a revolution or invasion.
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The 16 mechanical pins are used to create the braille characters, you don't poke them down individually to creat you password. Check out the video or the article, they help. On another note, i think that something like this is a major advantage in defending against password theft through video recording as most of the action is happening under your fingers and is therefore impossible to intercept.
I think the worry is not only about what NK could do with a bomb right now, but what may happen when North Koreans/China or some other power finally removes the government. Post-Soviet Russia was scary enough with thousands of nuclear devices all over the place - imagine how desperate many NKs would be to get their hands on any type of asset in a chaotic country after a revolution or invasion.
The paper by Jeremy Stribling, Daniel Aguayo and Maxwell Krohn:
Rooter: A Methodology for the Typical Unification of Access Points and Redundancy
Definitely some interesting parallels between the two. Maybe someone who understands this stuff better could elaborate?