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Facial recognition is ubiquitous and methods like disguises, surgical masks and makeup are becoming ineffective owing to the improvement in algorithms.
In light of these advances, what are some countermeasures to avoid being identified in … Continue reading How can one avoid being identified by facial recognition in a public setting?
I am writing a story where the protagonist needs to assume a new identity and ensure the other party cannot ascertain his real identity. The roadblock here is that the other party can run facial recognition by taking his photo and running … Continue reading Facial Recognition Countermeasures [closed]
How reliable is a mathematical model of a human fingerprint for identification?
I am looking for a way to uniquely identify individuals that is very reliable and easy to use that does not require storing actual biometric data. Storing the … Continue reading How reliable is a mathematical model of a human fingerprint for identification?
How to find your match on the Bumble dating app, convicted criminals make money out of cryptocurrency, and there are concerns about data in Afghanistan. All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Secu… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #241: Flipping dating apps, and crypto rewards for criminals
We are using a PIV smartcard that has biometric information (fingerprint) of the user encoded on the card to login into our application. We have the capability to read the fingerprint from a reader and extract and build the minutiae data f… Continue reading How/What to prompt user for fingerprint login using smartcard?
Have you heard about this One? At least three United States senators have, and they want to know what Amazon plans to do with all the biometric data collected by …read more Continue reading Ask Hackaday: What is Amazon Thinking by Entering the Palm-Reading Business?
My question is about identity-theft vulnerabilities of data on hardware security keys [also called: "hardware security token", "hardware token", "hardware authentication device"] with built-in biometric sensor… Continue reading Identity theft of biometric data from hardware security key?
Organizations have become more security conscious over the course of the pandemic, leading them to invest heavily in zero trust, according to a study from identity firm Okta. The report surveyed over 600 global security leaders about their initiatives … Continue reading Organizations aware of the importance of zero trust, yet still relying on passwords
Let’s say Alice created a new account on a service and this service saved her fingerprint as a way of logging in later. Then Alice creates a new account on a new service, but unfortunately this second service is not properly secured and th… Continue reading How will biometrics be a safe way to authenticate users across the internet?
I’m taking a class on information security, using a slightly out-of-date textbook (copyright date 2018). One of the assigned projects in the book is to install keystroke dynamics software on my computer and the view the results of my own k… Continue reading Keystroke dynamics software?