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Good passkeys also should only exist to be checked on the device. Fingerprints can be in databases and on the device itself. Not sure how fingerprint scanners r
by helthanatos 10y ago
Good passkeys also should only exist to be checked on the device. Fingerprints can be in databases and on the device itself. Not sure how fingerprint scanners react to replicated fingerprints, but the right people can probably replicate them pretty well. I would only consider a fingerprint a more secure authentication measure because it can't be recorded by cameras.
- c22 10y agoFinger prints can be (and have been) recorded by cameras.
- helthanatos 10y agoI meant it's a lot harder to record fingerprints... It's relatively easy for a camera from almost any angle to record touches on the phone (especially with many phone's animations that show the number touched)
- greggarious 10y agoPlus many countries demand fingerprints to enter. (Japan, for example)
- wiml 10y ago> the right people can probably replicate them pretty well They can be fooled reasonably well (well enough to fool an iphone) with pretty simple techniques. For details, search for a bunch of articles from 2002 referencing Tsutomu Matsumoto's work. > it can't be recorded by cameras Well... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/29/german_minister_fingered_as_hackers_steal_her_thumbprint_from_a_photo/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/29/german_minister_fing... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12611155 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12611155