‘I sold my iris; now what?’: What drives Brazilians to hand over their unique, personal data (advox.globalvoices.org)
from Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world on 07 Jun 07:42
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MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip on 07 Jun 09:52 next collapse

The iris can be used, for example, to improve authentication techniques for bank passwords

Nope. Like all biometrical data, you can’t just replace the body part once the data is compromised. It’s at most suitable for ease of access.

For example, Merkels fingerprints were “reverse-engineered” from photos using common wood glue.

theregister.com/…/german_minister_fingered_as_hac…

wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 07 Jun 14:06 next collapse

Yep, this discussion has been done to death decades ago when datacenters and other secure facilities started using iris scans.

Biometrics is the username, not the password.

It’s frustrating that so many reporters and news orgs can’t grasp this.

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works on 07 Jun 19:10 collapse

Yup, I use my fingerprint for my phone because it’s convenient, but require my pin (6 numbers) on boot, and my phone reboots a couple times each day (after a set time not using it). Anything more important uses a very long password.

IcyToes@sh.itjust.works on 07 Jun 19:25 collapse

So it could restart, you wouldn’t know and don’t receive calls because you haven’t authenticated?

smashing3606@feddit.online on 07 Jun 20:23 next collapse

Not OP, but most phones I've used will still allow incoming calls after reboot before being unlocked. You just can't access the apps until you've unlocked.

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works on 07 Jun 21:57 collapse

I still get calls, but I can’t see details (e.g. just the phone number, not the caller).

Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 07 Jun 12:41 collapse

Money.