System, method, apparatus, and computer program product providing improved password security
OwnerCharles Stephen Edgeinventor
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Abstract
A system, apparatus, method, and computer program product for generating and using stored shards of passwords on multiple native biometric sensors is disclosed. This invention takes each password, encrypts the password using a key from a biometric sensor, converts the encrypted key, and splits it into a user-definable number of parts, or shards. Shards can then distribute to multiple devices and then only unlock the password (or other form of a secret) if many shards are present. The invention changes a password manager from a potential security threat to a convenience.
Claims10
A method for multi-factor authentication of a secret via a decryption application, using a plurality of terminals, each terminal comprising at least one unique biometric sensor and operatively associated with the decryption application, the method comprising:
- sharding the secret into a plurality of shards;
- receiving, at each terminal, a unique shard of the plurality of shards;
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- encrypting each unique shard with a biometric key of the at least one unique biometric sensor of the receiving terminal,
- wherein the decryption application requires for decryption of the secret both a presence of two or more shards of the plurality of shards and separate accessibility of the biometric key associated with each of the two or more shards.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.