In HIS secretkeys are extracted from the properties of chips like an 'electronic fingerprint' and used to offer a total protection of sensitive private and corporate data on mobile devices, embedded systems and in the cloud.
On a typical day a ToorCamper can attend a talk on breaking into Android devices or disassembling microprocessors with acid and silicate solution to divine the secret cryptographic keys Microsoft stores there, learn to build a Geiger counter and scuba dive in a kelp forest in search of the North Pacific giant octopus.
Bruce Schneier, a security guru, says that biometrics are unsuitable for use as keys because, unlike passwords or digital signatures, they are not secret, and cannot be changed, destroyed or declared invalid.