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by whalesalad 56 days ago
Take it to the logical end - you can tie up / handcuff / sedate / restrain an individual in order to get their fingerprint (or, ahem, way worse) but you cannot extract a password from someones brain.
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vunderba 56 days ago
> cannot extract a password from someones brain.

May I introduce you to XKCD Number 538.

https://xkcd.com/538

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stavros 56 days ago
If it's in scope to "way worse" someone to get their fingerprint, I'm sure I can be very persuasive in getting their passwords.
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whalesalad 56 days ago
You can get the fingerprint of a dead person... you cannot extract a password from a dead person.
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stavros 56 days ago
Of course not. You extract it right before.
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