Abstract: Secure electronic devices and methods are disclosed. A method may include: using a transceiver, a computer program capturing a current connectivity fingerprint comprising at least one current wireless network or device in a current environment for an electronic device; the computer program retrieving a home connectivity fingerprint for a home environment comprising at least one home wireless network or device that fingerprint was captured when the electronic device was in a home environment; the computer program comparing the current connectivity fingerprint to the home connectivity fingerprint; and the computer program storing the current connectivity fingerprint in response to a threshold number of the current wireless networks or devices in the current connectivity fingerprint are not present of the home connectivity fingerprint.

Abstract: Secure electronic devices and methods are disclosed. A method may include: using a transceiver, a computer program capturing a current connectivity fingerprint comprising at least one current wireless network or device in a current environment for an electronic device; the computer program retrieving a home connectivity fingerprint for a home environment comprising at least one home wireless network or device that fingerprint was captured when the electronic device was in a home environment; the computer program comparing the current connectivity fingerprint to the home connectivity fingerprint; and the computer program storing the current connectivity fingerprint in response to a threshold number of the current wireless networks or devices in the current connectivity fingerprint are not present of the home connectivity fingerprint.

Abstract: A data entry device including a housing, data entry circuitry located within the housing, a keypad mounted in the housing and having a plurality of movable key elements which, when depressed, are displaced to at least a predetermined extent from a first location within the housing to a second location within the housing and Optical Finger Navigation (OFN) circuitry mounted inside the housing, being operative for sensing at least some of the plurality of movable key elements when depressed and displaced to at least the predetermined extent from the first location within the housing to the second location within the housing and providing a key displacement output indicating key displacement to the data entry circuitry.

Abstract: Devices and methods for optical-based tamper detection using variable light characteristics are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electronic device may include a housing, a light source within the housing configured to emit light having an output light characteristic that is variable, a light detector within the housing configured to receive the light emitted by the light source, the light received by the light detector having a received light characteristic, and an optoelectric controller in communication with the light source and the light detector, wherein the optoelectric controller controls the output light characteristic, and compares the received light characteristic to a known received light characteristic.

Abstract: Devices and methods for optical-based tamper detection using variable light characteristics are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electronic device may include a housing, a light source within the housing configured to emit light having an output light characteristic that is variable, a light detector within the housing configured to receive the light emitted by the light source, the light received by the light detector having a received light characteristic, and an optoelectric controller in communication with the light source and the light detector, wherein the optoelectric controller controls the output light characteristic, and compares the received light characteristic to a known received light characteristic.

Abstract: Secure touchscreen devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a secure touchscreen assembly may include a first patterned conductive layer comprising a first touch sensing grid and a first tamper sensing grid, the first tamper sensing grid disposed in areas of the first conductive layer where the first touch sensing grid is not present and is not in physical contact with the first touch sensing grid, and tamper sensing circuitry coupled to the first tamper sensing grid that detects a tamper by detecting change in conductivity in the first tamper sensing grid.

Abstract: Secure touchscreen devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a secure touchscreen assembly may include a first patterned conductive layer comprising a first touch sensing grid and a first tamper sensing grid, the first tamper sensing grid disposed in areas of the first conductive layer where the first touch sensing grid is not present and is not in physical contact with the first touch sensing grid, and tamper sensing circuitry coupled to the first tamper sensing grid that detects a tamper by detecting change in conductivity in the first tamper sensing grid.

Abstract: Devices and methods for optical-based tamper detection using variable light characteristics are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electronic device may include a housing, a light source within the housing configured to emit light having an output light characteristic that is variable, a light detector within the housing configured to receive the light emitted by the light source, the light received by the light detector having a received light characteristic, and an optoelectric controller in communication with the light source and the light detector, wherein the optoelectric controller controls the output light characteristic, and compares the received light characteristic to a known received light characteristic.

Abstract: A secure smartcard reader including a smartcard connector and a flexible printed circuit board wrapped around and at least partially surrounding the smartcard connector and at least partially defining a security volume enclosing the smartcard connector, the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining on an outer-facing surface thereof a plurality of keypad contacts, the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining electrical conductors connecting the plurality of keypad contacts to connector pads and the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining a protective anti-tamper mesh protecting the electrical conductors.

Abstract: A secure smartcard reader including a smartcard connector and a flexible printed circuit board wrapped around and at least partially surrounding the smartcard connector and at least partially defining a security volume enclosing the smartcard connector, the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining on an outer-facing surface thereof a plurality of keypad contacts, the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining electrical conductors connecting the plurality of keypad contacts to connector pads and the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining a protective anti-tamper mesh protecting the electrical conductors.

Abstract: Secure touchscreen devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a secure touchscreen assembly may include a first patterned conductive layer comprising a first touch sensing grid and a first tamper sensing grid, the first tamper sensing grid disposed in areas of the first conductive layer where the first touch sensing grid is not present and is not in physical contact with the first touch sensing grid, and tamper sensing circuitry coupled to the first tamper sensing grid that detects a tamper by detecting change in conductivity in the first tamper sensing grid.

Abstract: A data entry device including a housing, data entry circuitry located within the housing, a keypad mounted in the housing and having a plurality of movable key elements which, when depressed, are displaced to at least a predetermined extent from a first location within the housing to a second location within the housing and Optical Finger Navigation (OFN) circuitry mounted inside the housing, being operative for sensing at least some of the plurality of movable key elements when depressed and displaced to at least the predetermined extent from the first location within the housing to the second location within the housing and providing a key displacement output indicating key displacement to the data entry circuitry.

Abstract: A secure smartcard reader including a smartcard connector and a flexible printed circuit board wrapped around and at least partially surrounding the smartcard connector and at least partially defining a security volume enclosing the smartcard connector, the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining on an outer-facing surface thereof a plurality of keypad contacts, the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining electrical conductors connecting the plurality of keypad contacts to connector pads and the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining a protective anti-tamper mesh protecting the electrical conductors.

Abstract: A secure smartcard reader including a smartcard connector and a flexible printed circuit board wrapped around and at least partially surrounding the smartcard connector and at least partially defining a security volume enclosing the smartcard connector, the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining on an outer-facing surface thereof a plurality of keypad contacts, the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining electrical conductors connecting the plurality of keypad contacts to connector pads and the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining a protective anti-tamper mesh protecting the electrical conductors.

Abstract: A secure PIN entry device including a PIN entry assembly operative to receive a PIN from a user, a PIN entry prompter operative when actuated to prompt a user to enter a PIN via the PIN entry assembly, a PIN entry prompt security check enabled controller operative to prevent operation of the PIN entry prompter unless a predetermined security check has been successfully completed and security check functionality operative to check at least part of the PIN entry device for the presence of an unauthorized PIN eavesdropping element thereat and to provide an output to the PIN entry prompt security check enabled controller indicating whether the predetermined security check has been successfully completed.

Abstract: A secure smartcard reader including a smartcard connector and a flexible printed circuit board wrapped around and at least partially surrounding the smartcard connector and at least partially defining a security volume enclosing the smartcard connector, the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining on an outer-facing surface thereof a plurality of keypad contacts, the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining electrical conductors connecting the plurality of keypad contacts to connector pads and the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining a protective anti-tamper mesh protecting the electrical conductors.

Abstract: A secure smartcard reader including a smartcard connector and a flexible printed circuit board wrapped around and at least partially surrounding the smartcard connector and at least partially defining a security volume enclosing the smartcard connector, the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining on an outer-facing surface thereof a plurality of keypad contacts, the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining electrical conductors connecting the plurality of keypad contacts to connector pads and the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining a protective anti-tamper mesh protecting the electrical conductors.

Abstract: A secure smartcard reader including a smartcard connector and a flexible printed circuit board wrapped around and at least partially surrounding the smartcard connector and at least partially defining a security volume enclosing the smartcard connector, the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining on an outer-facing surface thereof a plurality of keypad contacts, the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining electrical conductors connecting the plurality of keypad contacts to connector pads and the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining a protective anti-tamper mesh protecting the electrical conductors.

Abstract: A secure smartcard reader including a smartcard connector and a flexible printed circuit board wrapped around and at least partially surrounding the smartcard connector and at least partially defining a security volume enclosing the smartcard connector, the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining on an outer-facing surface thereof a plurality of keypad contacts, the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining electrical conductors connecting the plurality of keypad contacts to connector pads and the wrapped flexible printed circuit board defining a protective anti-tamper mesh protecting the electrical conductors.

Abstract: A data entry device including a housing formed of at least two portions, data entry circuitry located within the housing, at least one case-open switch assembly operative to sense when the housing is opened and tamper indication circuitry operative to receive an input from the at least one case-open switch assembly and to provide an output indication of possible tampering with the data entry circuitry located within the housing. The at least one case-open switch assembly includes an arrangement of electrical contacts arranged on a base surface and a resiliently deformable conductive element, which defines a short circuit between at least some of the arrangement of electrical contacts only when the housing is closed.