On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 06:34:28PM +0300, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 03:29:27PM +0200, Renato Gallo wrote: > > Would be nice for any cracker if it could be possible to get access by shoulder surfing my fingerprint reader ;) > > Using a fingerprint instead of a password is a bad idea. Using a > fingerprint instead of a username - that's OK. > > You can change a password if it's leaked. > You cannot change your fingerprint (legally, that is). And one leaves > fingerprints on every surface one touches. Good point :-) This [1] (alas, in German) describes how the CCC lifted (and published) the fingerprint of Wolfgang Schäuble [2], at that time German minister of the Interior, a pretty sharp advocate of authoritarian security. Now that was 2008: they had to get hold of a glass he had in his hands. These days, reportedly, a good digital camera is enough for that. Cheers [1] https://www.heise.de/security/meldung/CCC-publiziert-die-Fingerabdruecke-von-Wolfgang-Schaeuble-Update-193732.html [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Sch%C3%A4uble -- tomas "never use biometric data as a strong identifier"
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