I recommend against using biometric identification
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I recommend against using biometric identification
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Re: I recommend against using biometric identification
#2The suggested alternative is to use passcodes, but then there's no way to unlock your phone without making the unlock code plainly visible.
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#4Unlocking your phone with face/finger prints is for many people much better than their 1234 pin.
As far as I understand, the face unlock follows the same rules as touch, where <48hrs of no use requires the PIN/password, and the newly announced 5 tap the power button to trigger the PIN/password requirement.
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#5The issues raised in the article may explain why Apple just added the ability to passcode-lock your device by pressing the power button 5 times.
Though people have been raising similar issues about biometric identification for years. See this article from back when TouchID was released 2013, titled Fingerprints are Usernames, not Passwords. http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2013/10/fingerprints-are-user...
Re: I recommend against using biometric identification
#6The suggested alternative is to use passcodes, but then there's no way to unlock your phone without making the unlock code plainly visible.
"It hurts a lot more to change your face than to change your passcode"
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#7So this article is saying that facial biometrics aren't secure enough to protect all the pictures of cats I have saved on my phone?
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#8The suggested alternative is to use passcodes, but then there's no way to unlock your phone without making the unlock code plainly visible.
I mean, it's less plainly visible then your face, or even pictures of your face.
I bet you there's an algorithm somewhere that can take a picture of your face and turn it into a 3d model. Then you can take that model, 3d print it, then use it to unlock your phone.
Re: I recommend against using biometric identification
#9The issues raised in the article may explain why Apple just added the ability to passcode-lock your device by pressing the power button 5 times. Though people have been raising similar issues about biometric identification for years. See this article from back when TouchID was released 2013, titled Fingerprints are Usernames, not Passwords . http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2013/10/fingerprints-are-user...
If the Equifax leak and the concerns around not being able to change ssns teach us nothing, it's this.
Re: I recommend against using biometric identification
#10>And if you want really go all out, most phones — including iPhone — support 5 or even 6 digit passcodes.
iphone supports arbitrary-length alphanumeric passwords.