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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 11 months ago (3 children)

“[Biometric confirmation is] a lot harder to compromise,”

And a lot easier to obtain by force

[–] [email protected] 39 points 11 months ago

And a lot harder to alter when compromised.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not hard enough.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Stolen? LOL fingerprints cannot be stolen. Stealing is taking away something from someone.

They are not protected, they are not copyrighted, they don't go away from you when someone copies them ...

You leave them everywhere, every day.

Fingerprints are public knowlege.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Fingerprint [records]. It says that in the article. Does it please you to be so pedantic?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Identification != Authentication

As obvious as this sounds, I’ve learned over the years that most people don’t understand what it means exactly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

"Biometric confirmation" is both