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Abstract

A device and a method is disclosed for the personalized provision of a key for processing target information. The device comprises an information receiving means to receive biometric information about the user, a storage device for storing biometric reference information, an authentication means to compare the user's biometric information, which was received by the biometric information acquisition means, to the stored biometric reference information, and an output means to output information. The device also comprises a cryptographic unit, whereby the cryptographic unit can use the biometric information about the user to generate the key, whereby the key can be output via the output means. The method comprises receiving biometric information about the user, comparing the received biometric information about the user to previously stored biometric reference information, and generating the key for processing target information on the basis of the biometric information about the user.

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