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Microsoft’s Windows Hello fingerprint authentication has been bypassed
(www.theverge.com)
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this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2023
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Stop using biometrics for authentication!!!!!
Edit: lots of opinions below. Biometrics are a username, a thing you are. Finger printed can be taken from your laptop with a little powder and masking tape.
Use an authentacator app or security key kids!!
A username is not something "you are", it's something "you know". Biometrics are not nearly the same as usernames.
A username is something you are. It's you! You are 0xD.
A password is something you know. A security key is something you have.
When we interview security analysts you don't get past the first round if you disagree.
If your interview involves telling me a username is "something you are" rather than "something you know", I'm running away from that job as fast as I can.
Other people know your username.
How hard is this?
I guarantee you I know thousands of people's passwords as well, I just don't know the username associated.
By this same logic, other people could know your fingerprint since it's "something you are". No, other people cannot know your fingerprint. It's a complex mathematical equation to a computer. This is such a terrible take.
Source: CASP+ certified.