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>Does it mean if your fingerprint gets compromised that you'll be unable to use the biometric feature of any device for the rest of your life? No, it just mean
by deadmetheny 8y ago
>Does it mean if your fingerprint gets compromised that you'll be unable to use the biometric feature of any device for the rest of your life?
No, it just means that it shouldn't be treated as a password in a username+password setup. It's still perfectly usable for a MFA setup.
>if someone is able to reproduce all your unique attributes of who you are then nothing will probably hold them back to reset your password manager, email and what not either
This is exactly why everyone really ought to be using MFA - biometrics are a good identifier and are strongest in conjuncture with a knowledge or physical-item-based authentication. These too can be defeated, but having to nick a physical object, trick the user into revealing a password or similar knowledge-based key, and reproducing a fingerprint/facial/retinal/whatever scan is much more time-consuming.