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Credit card #s and social security #s are not secure. But what should companies use instead? We're a long way from everyone having fingerprint scanners, and I
by mathattack 13y ago
Credit card #s and social security #s are not secure. But what should companies use instead? We're a long way from everyone having fingerprint scanners, and I'm sure there will be a way to break that too.
Isn't the solution more around recovering from when the break-ins inevitably happen?
- if_by_whisky 13y agoFingerprint scanners sound worse than credit cards to me... Why would you want a password that you can't ever change and leave copies of everywhere you go?
- mcone 13y agoBecause fingerprints should be used as usernames, not passwords. http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2013/10/fingerprints-are-user-names-not.html http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2013/10/fingerprints-are-user...
- ecocentrik 13y agoThat's probably not a great idea for anything other than very secure systems where users aren't concerned with privacy, flexibility of identity or anonymity.