SammiejFeb 20

When your password leaks:
→ Change your password
→ Problem solved

When your biometric data leaks:
→ You can't change your face
→ You can't change your fingerprints
→ The compromise is permanent
→ Your biometric data is in breach databases forever

This is why facial recognition for age verification is dangerous.

#Biometrics #Privacy #Discord

Show threadDavid W. JonesFeb 20
@capitainesam Don't use biometrics to unlock phones. Police and criminals can grab your hand or aim the phone at your face to unlock your phone regardless of your wishes. They have to ask you for password/PIN; they don't have to ask to simply stick your finger on the phone screen or point the phone at your face.
Show threadDave Rahardja

@dancingtreefrog Easier said than done for most people. Biometric unlock of phones is *so* much more convenient than passcodes that most people would not give it up.

For most, I think knowing the gesture to force passcode entry for the next unlock is probably a more practical skill to practice (on iPhones, you hold the Lock and Volume Up buttons together until you feel a haptic buzz).

Feb 21 at 4:57pmWeb