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by dsugarman
4106 days ago
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there are 2 main reasons why you wouldn't want this as a password, 1: you leave a biometric footprint everywhere you go, 2: once compromised, you can't reset your biometric profile. In situations where you would want it to automatically authenticate you, it's likely for a system you wouldn't have had password protected in the first place ex. your xbox. |
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Latent fingerprints, high resolution video, facebook profiles...all examples of how i can pick up someone's biometric. This is not an unknown problem.
> 2: once compromised, you can't reset your biometric profile.
Clearly. Just based on the definition you can draw that conclusion - a unique, unchanging trait that is used to separate the user from a group.
Common and justified criticisms that people think are just the 'silver bullet' of why a biometric should never be implemented. I've posted replies to these a few times. Feel free to check them out.
Either way, the difference between a corporate login system, and me logging into my laptop is huge. MS implementing a biometric for a consumer laptop is fitting given the current state of the field. Use it or don't, no one is forcing you.