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The process is very easy, I did it multiple times in high school for a project. Legally, scanners are only allowed to save a certain amount of key points in yo
by LunaSea 12y ago
The process is very easy, I did it multiple times in high school for a project.
Legally, scanners are only allowed to save a certain amount of key points in your fingerprint, not the whole fingerprint.
False-positives are thus likely as are fingerprint collisions (like hash collisions).
And you still can't modify your finger once it has been hacked a SINGLE time.
- jakobegger 12y agoClearly we seem to have a different idea of what constitutes "easy". I'm not claiming that biometric authentication is a good idea against a targeted attack. But I do think that they offer adequate protection against opportunistic attacks. It prevents random thieves from accessing my data, and it's convenient enough that people actually use it. It will significantly increase security on average. If someone is targeting you specifically, neither a fingerprint nor a (usually short) passcode is adequate protection.
- LunaSea 12y agoBut I can change de passcode and even use a longer passphrase if I feel the need to have a higher security standard.