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> Biometrics are a terrible choice for sensitive information [..] It is easier to push your thumb on a screen than to pry a password out of your head It's way
by logifail 3y ago
> Biometrics are a terrible choice for sensitive information [..] It is easier to push your thumb on a screen than to pry a password out of your head
It's way worse than that, you may only need photographs of someone's thumb:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/12/politicians-fingerprint-reproduced-using-photos-of-her-hands/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/12/polit...
- CableNinja 3y agoYou can also just use a gummy bear https://www.theregister.com/2002/05/16/gummi_bears_defeat_fingerprint_sensors/ https://www.theregister.com/2002/05/16/gummi_bears_defeat_fi...
- logifail 3y agoThe gummy bear method needed actual fingerprints from the victim (for instance lifted from a glass the victim had touched). The CCC improvement worked merely from photos of the victim's thumb...