There are programs that make it possible for my computer to also encrypt and decrypt my personal data. Why is a smart card better?
A smart card is protected by a PIN, and if the wrong PIN is entered several times, the card’s internal microprocessor will lock access to the card. Your data on a hard drive or USB device may also be protected by a PIN that forbids entry after several wrong PIN entries, but the difference is that the data on the computer can be copied, therefore the number of times a hacker can try to crack your data is limitless. In contrast, once a smart card is locked up, it is very difficult, if not impossible to open again. That means that even if your smart card is lost or stolen, your sensitive data (passwords, credit card info… ) is still safe In contrast, if your sensitive data is merely stored on a hard drive or portable storage device, it is vulnerable to multiple types of attacks. For most software products that rely on data encryption alone (without the added security of a smart card), there are hacker tools available to crack or bypass the password security. If these hacker tools are no
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