This disclosure relates to a data storage device. A data port transmits data between a host computer system and the data storage device over a data channel. The device repeatedly broadcasts advertising packets over a wireless communication channel different from the data channel. Each advertising packet comprises a random value and a message authentication code calculated based on the random value and an identity key. The identity key is readable by a device to be connected and in proximity of the data storage device out of band of the data channel and the communication channel. The identity key enables the device to be connected to verify the message authentication code based on the random value and the identity key to thereby authenticate the data storage device.

A system and method for sharing user preferences pertaining to one or more products, without having the user reveal their identity, is described herein. The system is configured for registering a user by receiving a set of biometric samples of the user, processing the set of biometric samples to compute a Secret-Key (S1) corresponding to the user, generating a Unique-Number (N1) using a random number generation algorithm, applying a Function (F1) to the Secret-Key (S1) and the Unique-Number (N1), to compute a Public-Key (P1). Once the user is registered, the system is configured to receive a biometric sample from the user in real-time and compute the Secret-Key (S2) for authenticating the user. Once the user is authenticated, the system may recommend to the user, a candidate product from a product catalog, based on the user's preferences.

A method for generating a secret key at a first node for data communication between the first node and a second node. A channel estimate of a communication channel between the first and second nodes is obtained. A time-frequency matrix associated with the communication channel is then obtained based on the time-frequency transformation of the channel estimate. The secret key is then produced based on the time-frequency matrix. Furthermore, a corresponding key generator may be provided for generating a secret key.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication interface including circuitry, a memory, and a processor which, based on receiving ID information generated by performing a first encryption process on biometric information and password information generated by performing a second encryption process on the biometric information from an external electronic device through the communication interface, is configured to control the electronic device to: store the ID information and the password information in the memory. The processor, based on receiving first ID information and first password information from the external electronic device, is configured to control the electronic device to: acquire at least one candidate ID information from the memory based on the first ID information, compare password information corresponding to each of the acquired at least one candidate ID information with the first password information to identify one of the candidate ID information, and perform user authentication based on the identified candidate ID information and corresponding password information.

A method implemented in a computing system hosting a three-dimensional virtual reality world. The computer system stores a set of searchable records, each having: a searchable hash of at least a portion of personally identifiable information; and an encrypted identity, decryptable using an encryption key generated based at least in part on the searchable hash and a global key. In response to a search request identifying at least a portion of personally identifiable information as a search criterion, the computer system generates a hash of the search criterion, and finds a matching searchable record that has a searchable hash equal to the hash computed from the search criterion. An encryption key is computed based on the global key and the matched searchable record to decrypt an encrypted identity of a user having at least the portion of personally identifiable information that is the search criterion in the search request.

A communication system including a first device (1a, 1a′) and a second device (1b, 1b′). The first device (1a, 1a′) comprises a memory storing first-device-specific identification data and the second device (1b, 1b′) comprises a memory storing second-device-specific identification data. The first device (1a, 1a′) is configured to receive a copy of the second-device-specific identification data and to store the copy in the memory of the first device (1a, 1a′) and the second device (1b, 1b′) is configured to receive a copy of the first-device-specific identification data and to store the copy in the memory of the second device (1b, 1b′). The first device (1a, 1a′) is configured to derive a first encryption key from the first-device-specific identification data and the received copy of the second-device-specific identification data. The second device is configured to derive the first encryption key from the second-device-specific identification data and the received copy of the first-device-specific identification data. The first device (1a, 1a′) encrypts transmission data using the first encryption key and transmits the encrypted transmission data to the second device (1b, 1b′). The second device (1b, 1b′) receives the encrypted transmission data from the first device (1a, 1a′) and decrypts the encrypted transmission data using the first encryption key.

An electronic watermark embedding apparatus according to an embodiment is an electronic watermark embedding apparatus capable of embedding an electronic watermark into a decoding circuit of secret-key encryption, and includes an embedding unit configured to generate the decoding circuit. The decoding circuit is embedded with the electronic watermark by being input with a common parameter generated in a setup of the secret-key encryption, a secret key of the secret-key encryption, and the electronic watermark, and is capable of decoding an encrypted text encrypted using the secret-key encryption.

An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a physically unclonable function (PUF) cell capable of exhibiting a stable performance and showing an excellent repeatability while being less affected by environmental factors such as a noise, temperature, and bias voltage. The PUF cell generates an output value by combining a scheme of amplifying a threshold voltage difference and a scheme of amplifying an oscillation frequency difference. In an oscillator that generates oscillation signals of different frequencies, the frequency difference of the oscillation signals is amplified by alternately supplying bias voltages of different magnitudes generated by utilizing the threshold voltage difference to a plurality of stages in the oscillator.

Systems and methods for sharing secrets including passwords, keys, and other confidential information used in computing environments. A secrets record generated at a secrets vault client device is encrypted using an application key associated with a computing environment. The encrypted secrets record is stored in the secrets vault server. The secrets vault client device configures a sharing client device and associated with an access token. The secrets vault client device hashes the access token and sends to the secrets vault server as a client identifier. The sharing client device performs a first-time authentication using a hashed access token with the secrets vault server. Upon successful authentication, the sharing client device requests secrets records from the secrets vault server using the client identifier.

A method of operating a storage means, wherein for writing and storing a storage item to the storage means the storage item to be written and stored—in particular by using the concept and theory of identification—is provided, a encoding process by means of randomization is applied to the storage item to generate and to provide a randomized encoded storage item, and the randomized encoded storage item is written and stored to the storage means. At least a first randomization process is underlying the encoding process and is a randomization process dedicated and assigned to the underlying storage means. The present disclosure further refers to a unit for operating a storage means, to a storage means and to a system for processing data. By having two randomization processes underlying the encoding process, a distinction can be made between a secrecy insuring and secrecy non-ensuring randomization processes.