Hardware Based OpenID Service Available 119
An anonymous reader writes "TrustBearer Labs has announced a new service that lets you use various hardware based security tokens like smartcards and biometric devices with OpenID. A hardware based connection to OpenID allows higher levels of security and makes it easier for the end-user to control their credentials. OpenID is a decentralized cross-site authentication system that has been gaining momentum for quite a while now with major supporters like AOL, Google and Microsoft already announced."
Emulation? (Score:2, Insightful)
Once the key has been reverse-engineered, a software emulation thereof can be constructed, and a bit of clever hacking could substitute the software for the hardware.
Consider MAC address spoofing for what I see as a corollary.
Re:Security risks? (Score:3, Insightful)
sloth jr
Re:Security risks? (Score:3, Insightful)