How are passwords stored with the fingerprint reader?

Ok so I ordered a new 6500t with the fingerprint reader. How will I be able to use it to log into bank sites, e-mail, ect. Where is the actual password stored and who is to say it can't be [remotely] read off the PC somehow via some file that resides on the hard drive? I never save passwords for sites so I'm skepticle about the reader but I really wanna think I can get use out of it safely.

 

I highly suggest that you do not use your fingerprint reader for email and especially bank sites. Fingerprint reader is for convenience and not so much security. Even if the passwords are encrypted in whatever file they are stored in, you are still risking all that stored password to be stolen if a hacker connects with u or if u laptop gets lost. I'd would only store passwords for websites like nbr.com or something that a hacker would not be interested in. By using fingerprint reader for all your accounts online, the hacker gets more and more incentives to invest his time on stealing your data. Spyware and viruses are so advanced these days that many are left undetected. If that stored file is stolen and decrypted (if it is even encrypted in the first place), your life would be doomed. I might sound like a paranoid but I had a friend of mine who got hacked and he had stored his passwords and credit card numbers on his computer... I don't want to see another person going through all the stress and crap that one doesn't deserve. Avoid fingerprint reader if you can. It's a relatively new thing so I guess there's that whole hype but... HP isn't known for their security. Passwords are probably stored using the software/drivers that came with your laptop. Since HP doesn't update their drivers page as often as they should, I would not depend on the fingerprint reader to keep those passwords secured. Their new BIOS is more problematic than their older BIOS version, so even if you see an update, you won't know for sure if that's going to lead to even more problems. So use it on things that you normally don't care about if an account is stolen. Typing out passwords manually increases your typing skills whereas using a fingerprint reader, you are rubbing more finger oil on a laptop, which collects dust and solidifies them over time. =P