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Just a reminder that fingerprints are not passwords.
by justinlardinois 10y ago
Just a reminder that fingerprints are not passwords.
- SilasX 10y agoWell, I prefer to think of it as "passwords with a narrower threat model". They protect against randos at a party, petty thieves, and even close friends from getting into your data, but not well-funded governments or people willing to cut off your hand. That may be a good enough for your use case, esp since you don't have to remember it.
- theandrewbailey 10y agoLikewise, neither is DNA. We leave both of them everywhere.
- mikeash 10y agoThank you very much for saying that without the "they are usernames" that usually accompanies it. Fingerprints are something different from either, with their own properties, and trying to shoehorn them into the existing username/password system means you'll get things wrong.