The Vaultek is a connected safe that’s being crowdfunded on Indiegogo. It can be unlocked through either a Bluetooth-reliant phone app, a fingerprint scanner, a keyboard with a numeric passcode, or a regular manual key. Users have options. None of these methods are new ideas, so it’s easy to imagine that Vaultek’s creators can create a tangible product if they reach their funding goal. Here’s the thing, though, I don’t know who Vaultek’s creators are and what they’ve produced before.
Given that we’ve seen evidence that most connected devices from unknown companies aren’t reliably secure, Vaultek’s Indiegogo page particularly concerns me. Encryption and cybersecurity aren’t mentioned once. For a company that’s asking to store biometric...
Would you trust this Bluetooth safe to keep your passport locked up?
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