Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypted SD card in a case

Re:Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypt... by untessela on Sunday November 01, 2026 @10:30AM (#50326576)

Can anyone find a product listing where this was actually for sale? I couldn't.

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Re:Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypt... by rendaw on Sunday November 01, 2026 @11:23AM (#50327057)

Yeah, searching I only got Chinese pages and copies of this article itself. Tried searching directly too. I have a hard time they pulled it of shelves so fast that the internet already erased it... I'd expect at least "out of stock" pages to remain.

And the article doesn't even have an image of the product as sold.

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Re:Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypt... by forgotpwd16 on Sunday November 01, 2026 @11:30AM (#50327135)

https://www.thinkpad.com/device/458

Thought was fake branded product at first and just no one bothered to check, but apparently is available in Lenovo CN's store.

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Re:Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypt... by thayne on Sunday November 01, 2026 @02:31PM (#50328861)

I wonder if this is because they are more likely to get away with the lies in the Chinese market. Or maybe the Chinese government even encouraged them to make it that way. Certainly the "FU" probably has a different connotation to the Chinese population.

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Re:Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypt... by moi2388 on Sunday November 01, 2026 @03:19PM (#50329357)

Fu means fortune or good luck.

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Re:Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypt... by mrheosuper on Sunday November 01, 2026 @09:09PM (#50332250)

Or could simply "Flash USB"

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Re:Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypt... by vbezhenar on Sunday November 01, 2026 @10:41AM (#50326698)

https://aliexpress.ru/item/1_963163498.html

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Re:Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypt... by rendaw on Sunday November 01, 2026 @11:25AM (#50327082)

Do you mean that it's only sold by the Russian branch of the unvalidated Chinese marketplace?

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Re:Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypt... by vbezhenar on Sunday November 01, 2026 @11:42PM (#50333211)

That's what google returned for me. Seems to be mostly chinese product, yes.

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