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

submitted 1 day ago by CubitOom@infosec.pub to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Given we're in a thread about biometrics being the opposite of privacy and security, it really does seem relevant to me that the threat model where they would be insufficient and the one where that would matter is basically empty.

If your thought process is "I need to protect this from the police and a determined or sophisticated criminal, but I can't be bothered to use anything more than my lock screen on my phone"... Well, you're already starting from a pretty bad place.

[–] twjolson@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Nothing in that reply is even close to anything I've said. Don't waste my time with stupidity or strawmen.