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"Nobody's going to bother to recreate your fingerprint, when it's much easier to beat you with a wrench ( https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/ ) until th
by ris 11y ago
"Nobody's going to bother to recreate your fingerprint, when it's much easier to beat you with a wrench ( https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/ ) until they get access to your phone."
I think this misses the point. Accessing a device using a "cloned finger" (not tremendously difficult) can be done without the target ever knowing it has happened.
The wrench technique, less so.
- zuppy 11y agoYes, but is it worth spending the required resources? If the answer is yes, than anyway the 4 digit pin isn't more secure (you can watch people type them and find out the code).
- elyobo 11y agoYou can change your code. The fingerprint is a bit more difficult. That's my main issue with biometric security, revocation of compromised credentials (e.g. fingerprints) is difficult or impossible.
- nileshtrivedi 11y agoNot only that. With fingerprints, you are essentially using the same password everywhere. You just need to lose it once and all your accounts would be compromised.
- SideburnsOfDoom 11y ago> Nobody's going to bother to recreate your fingerprint, Whyever not? They might have a copy of it lying around. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/23/us-government-hack-stole-fingerprints http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/23/us-governm... > Yes, but is it worth spending the required resources? When it becomes easy - and it will become easy, there's nothing basically hard about printing out some ridged plastic - it will become commonplace. And unlike stolen passwords, an attacker can be fairly sure that you haven't changed your fingers.