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No Google, Adding Biometrics is the Opposite of Security and Privacy (infosec.pub)

submitted 21 hours ago by CubitOom@infosec.pub to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] AmyAye@nord.pub 3 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Cops can't force you to give up your password even if its 12345.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yes but they can guess it, and if it's 12345 then ...

[–] AmyAye@nord.pub 1 points 44 minutes ago

Well yes, but many passwords limit the number of guesses, and if its not abcde, 12345, password, or Hunter2, you have basically eliminated all of the "easy guesses".

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Depends on the cops

[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 hours ago

No, depends on the country.