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Stop using biometrics generally.
by autoexec 8mo ago
Stop using biometrics generally.
- gruez 8mo agoNo, because for most people, the alternative to "no biometrics" isn't "secure password/pin", it's a weak password (eg. 1234 or the S pattern that half the people with a pattern lock uses) because the ergonomics of a secure password are terrible.
- MattDamonSpace 8mo agoToo useful
- 10729287 8mo agoAnd also more secure unfortunately, when you need to unlock your phone in public for example.
- autoexec 8mo agoThe same public where you're constantly leaving your fingerprints, where your face is being constantly recorded and scanned into multiple facial recognition systems, where your DNA is being constantly shed? When everything needed to unlock your phone can be taken off of your corpse or just reconstructed from what you leave everywhere you go you're not really "secure".
- nathanaldensr 8mo agoExactly! Biometrics have never been less secure than they are now. It's approaching Social Security number levels of insecure. LOL
- autoexec 8mo agoIt's like using a password that can never be reset, writing it on a stack of post-it notes, then tearing one off and throwing it over your shoulder every 10 feet you travel
- sumeno 8mo agoNobody is going to all that trouble to unlock my phone, they'll just beat me with a hammer until I unlock it for them
- mingus88 8mo agoIf your threat model includes abduction and torture, then you probably don’t need to worry about your rights to begin with, and probably shouldn’t be using a regular cell phone for anything important
- huxley 8mo agoFfs, taking usable fingerprints is not that easy Facial recognition cameras don’t use or give you the same data that FaceID’s 3D depth mapping FaceID uses, besides few cameras get close enough to practically reconstruct a useful 3D mask that could fool it. And if you’re a corpse why would you care?
- SpecialistK 8mo agoUntil one person or one CCTV camera catches the code over your shoulder and you're done.
- mosselman 8mo agoThat is what they meant
- nathanaldensr 8mo agoThis is the advice I give to everyone who comes to me for digital security advice. I let them know that building habits of using lengthy PINs (my own personal PIN is far more than four or six digits) takes some time to get used to but makes them immune to device seizure followed by law enforcement-compelled or court-ordered biometric unlock (this is specific to US law).