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Facial recognition data is a key to your identity – if stolen, you can’t just change the locks (theconversation.com)

submitted 4 months ago by zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] StopTech@lemmy.today 70 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This is why biometric verification was always a bad idea

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[–] phase@lemmy.8th.world 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

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

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

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[–] StopTech@lemmy.today 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Leacked? Is that a portmanteau of hacked and leaked?

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[–] phase@lemmy.8th.world 3 points 4 months ago

Or a typo, we will never know. :D

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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 7 points 4 months ago*

Makes good usernames.

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

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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 months ago (1 child)

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?

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[–] ragas@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago

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

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[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Just change your face if it gets leaked, duh.