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I consider it weakening security as there's additional ways that can be compromised along with the password. I agree that biometrics can increase convenience an
by ndsipa_pomu 4y ago
I consider it weakening security as there's additional ways that can be compromised along with the password. I agree that biometrics can increase convenience and likely reduce the visibility of the secret password, but the trade-off is using relatively public facts such as your public face and/or your fingerprints that are left on most surfaces that you touch.
- acdha 4y agoYour public face isn’t enough: you’d need a 3-D scan. Similarly, fingerprints need more than a single image to pass a modern sensor. That’s not impossible, of course, but it raises the question of whether the comparison is fair. For example, how likely is it that someone can scan your face accurately at a coffee shop but wouldn’t be able to record you typing your password dozens of times during the same visit? If someone is collecting your fingerprints off of your water mugs, they can also plant cameras or have a drone record you. Very few people have to worry about targeted attacks like that and if they do, neither biometrics nor passwords are sufficient.