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Hand-Held Computers Can be Better Smart Cards

Overview Smart cards are convenient and secure. They protect sensitive information (e.g., private keys) from malicious applications. However, they do not protect the owner from abuse of the smart card: An application could for example cause a smart card to digitally sign any message, at any time, without the knowledge of the owner. In this paper we suggest that small, hand-held computers can be used instead of smart cards. They can communicate with the user directly and therefore do not exhibit the above mentioned problem.

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Publisher	USENIX Association	File Format	HTML & PDF
Date Published	August 1999	Downloads	2
Format	White Papers
Topics	Smart Cards

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