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[–] StopTech@lemmy.today 70 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is why biometric verification was always a bad idea

[–] phase@lemmy.8th.world 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Always funny to ask how you change a fingerprint if its leacked.

[–] StopTech@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Leacked? Is that a portmanteau of hacked and leaked?

[–] phase@lemmy.8th.world 3 points 1 week ago

Or a typo, we will never know. :D

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Makes good usernames.

After presenting biometrics, you should always be prompted for a password

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Have there been actual studies done against the various facial recognition technologies out there right now to see what the minimal adjustments are to break it, and following that, to successfully and reliably be recognized as a specific other person?

[–] ragas@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

There are human rights organisations that make morphed passes that work for you and some other person.

[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Just change your face if it gets leaked, duh.

Well at least some years ago, Apple's face ID stopped working when I got bracers. I'm guessing the models are better now, though