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When I was working in biometrics 10 years ago, nobody thought fingerprints were a good userid OR a password. It was always presented as a part of multi-factor
by rfrey 12y ago
When I was working in biometrics 10 years ago, nobody thought fingerprints were a good userid OR a password. It was always presented as a part of multi-factor authentication, to be used in conjunction with passcards and/or passwords.
"Something you have, something you know, something you are".
- HackinOut 12y ago"Something you have, something you know, something you are" Fingerprints are neither. As several people mentioned in this thread, the only thing I see a fingerprint suitable for is replacing a username.
- gress 12y agoif your timeframe is eternity, this is valid, but for now, the cost of cloning a fingerprint is high enough that they are an excellent protection for a huge category of interactions.
- HackinOut 12y agoAgreed, but I personally think it shouldn't be a general public feature, but rather reserved to the initiated. The cost lessen quickly with time (a point made by this article) and people have trouble understanding the limitations of a particular protection.
- gress 12y agoI think people have even more trouble applying other forms of protection. A fingerprint that is actually used is better than a PIN that is disabled, or worse, written on a card.
- yourad_io 12y agoUnless you lose your device. The device that is literally covered with your fingerprints. In this case, you don't know your data is safe or not. "Probably". Hopefully you'll have remote wipe enabled.
- gress 12y agoIt may be covered with your fingerprints, but that makes it less likely that any of those are usable.