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

submitted 23 hours ago by CubitOom@infosec.pub to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] AmyAye@nord.pub 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

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".

[–] picnic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago

How did you get my password?