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The problem with fingerprints is that you only have so many of them, and you really don't want them to get compromised, because you can't change them. If your m
by devx 13y ago
The problem with fingerprints is that you only have so many of them, and you really don't want them to get compromised, because you can't change them. If your main fingerprints get stolen, that pretty much means you'll never be able to use them in your lifetime, unless you risk having the "bad guys" using those fingerprints in your name.
And that's besides the fact that the government could try to eventually collect all those fingerprints in some way.
- casca 13y agoThis is a different problem with fingerprints and biometrics in general. You leave them around wherever you go so they are easily collected by others for reuse. But to provide a very basic level of protection for unimportant data, they should be fine.