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Facial recognition data is a key to your identity – if stolen, you can’t just change the locks

2 months ago by Alas Poor Erinaceus to c/privacy

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You can change a stolen password or credit card, but you can’t reset your face when your biometric data is breached.
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StopTech 66 points 2 months ago

This is why biometric verification was always a bad idea

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phase 17 points 2 months ago

Always funny to ask how you change a fingerprint if its leacked.

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FauxLiving 15 points 2 months ago

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StopTech 5 points 2 months ago

Leacked? Is that a portmanteau of hacked and leaked?

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quick_snail 6 points 2 months ago

Makes good usernames.

After presenting biometrics, you should always be prompted for a password

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