geletine wrote:
> I posted this question on a forum and this is what i recieved
> interestingly.
>
> "the fingerprint data is stored by the firmware controlling the hard
> drive itself, so even if the drive is put in another pc, the contents
> will still be encrypted."
>
> Ive yet to use personnly.
Hmmm... I imagine they assign some unique identity to each computer which
they can use to restrict access from other computers, even with the
fingerprint data. So, firmware protects data from access via foreign
computer; fingerprint protects data on native laptop. Speculations...
Roy
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