In every device that you can unlock with biometrics like fingerprint or face scanner (Laptops, Tablets, Phones, etc.), they often claim entering a password is safer than using biometrics, and they block the most secure settings and information behind a passcode rather than a quick fingerprint or face scanner. Wouldn’t it be easier to steal a password than it would be to physically copy someone’s fingerprint?
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It’s down more to the accuracy of the scanners and stuff.
There’s tons of exploits and approximations, especially for faces, tons of devices will open at a picture of someone’s face or them sleeping or something, or a printed paper version of a thumbprint…
Facial recognition in particular has been called “Security Theater” a lot, it fucks up so much and can be fooled a ton.
Imagine a case where you’re kidnapped or arrested and they want to open your phone… if its biometric it’ll take a few seconds?
It’ll be better eventually, but the type of stuff they were rolling out en masse with laptops and phones and stuff is hot garbage, it’s basically pretend security.
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