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by lifeisstillgood 5026 days ago
This is because everyone thinks a biometric is some sort of password. It is actually a username. You are stating I am the person whom my fingerprints/face/retinas state I am. Then the guard should challenge that person with that face to provide a password that is known to be held by that face.

Its a common fallacy that leads to people having their fingers chopped off to steal their fingerprint-recognising cars.