Looking at https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/6300638 and https://www.androidcentral.com/how-does-android-save-your-fingerprints, I'm curious what y'all think about modern #Android devices' "Trusted Execution Environment" storing #fingerprints (for authentication, unlocking, etc.) in, allegedly, a TPM-backed secure enclave that the OS doesn't have access to (really?)… For Pixel phones, Google claims biometrics never leave the TEE enclave, never touch servers, etc.

I wouldn't use it to travel… but local? I saw some geek friends using it.

#biometrics #security

I'm sick and tired of TRUMP and that so many people are trying to please him!

He shall not have my fingerprints or facial images! Sign and share to stop this madness!

https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-06-dont-send-our-data-to-the-US-petition-EN?akid=s7817604..NlI5wq

#USA #Trump #integrity #fingerprints #facial #images #Europe @EUCouncil

watching a medical video about fingerprints

doctor: ... Around the same time, the most inner layer of the epidermis, named the "basal layer"...

me *stops listening

also me: basil? sugar and spice? snips and snails? how do they know it's basil and not oregano?

also me: oh wait--

#homophones
#spices
#fingerprints
#BasalNotBasil
#MinorsNotMiners!
#YouLostMe

TechCrunch: NYC Health + Hospitals says hackers stole medical data and fingerprints during breach affecting at least 1.8 million people. “New York public health provider NYC Health + Hospitals says a months-long data breach that allowed hackers to steal personal data, medical records, and fingerprints scans affects at least 1.8 million people.”

My first fumbling attempt at sculpting a mini continues…

#GreenStuff #fingerprints #MiniatureScuplting #sculpture #miniatures #nerdlings

Babylonian Biometrics and Widespread Methodological Shortcomings | Communications of the ACM
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3744705

I just finished reading this. An interesting look into poor academic citation practices (leading to citogenesis https://xkcd.com/978/), historical accuracy, and biometrics.

Also, this is a good read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_citogenesis_incidents

#academia #citogenesis #babylon #history #fingerprints #biometrics

NIST: NIST Helps Fingerprint Examiners With New Data and Software Release. “A NIST collection of 10,000 fingerprints has now been fully annotated with details that will help train both human fingerprint examiners and AI tools. NIST has also released open-source software that can help evaluate and sort fingerprints according to their quality, potentially helping fingerprint examiners work more […]