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You acknowledge that biometrics have some issues they don't solve. Not being easy to steal is one of them. The problem is that you leave your fingerprint all ov
by sipos 8y ago
You acknowledge that biometrics have some issues they don't solve. Not being easy to steal is one of them. The problem is that you leave your fingerprint all over the place, including all over your phone, there are likely multiple pictures of you publicly available that can be used to construct a model to fool Face ID etc. Most biometrics only provide really minimal security, and the ones that provide anything more don't provide much and are inconvenient.
I use my fingerprint to prevent people casually browsing my phone if I leave it on the table while I pee, but I wouldn't rely on it for more than that, and neither should other people.
You need something else (a key, password or something) to secure most things as well as just your fingerprint.
- dustinmoris 8y agoYou miss a crucial point though, if you fake my fingerprint you still need my personal device to authenticate with it. You can't just use a copy of my fingerprint and set up a new iPhone with it without confirming at least on one other previously confirmed device or a second factor. So when you need to fake my biometric AND get hold of my personal device then you have to solve the exact same problem asnif I was using a password+ password manager.
- Freak_NL 8y agoYou can do that with WebAuthn; it's up to Apple to implement it. They seem to be previewing it in Safari this year.