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What is Kaspersky’s ugly ring for? Is there something suspicious about how NordVPN lets you stream Disney+? And did a hacker impersonate a music producer?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smash… Continue reading Smashing Security #157: A biometric knuckle duster
Now all travelers to and from the U.S. – even if they are U.S. citizens – will be subject to facial recognition-based checks, a new filing revealed. Continue reading DHS Plans to Expand Facial Recognition Border Checks
Facial recognition faces its share of security threats but with constant evolution in the technology, it’s rapidly fighting back against these flaws.
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If a fingerprint scanner were a human it would probably be like this:
take a photo of the finger presented for authentication
check it against the original photo to determine if it’s the same.
This would lead to the probl… Continue reading Is what fingerprint scanners in mobiles store a stealable value?
The proposal would require biometrics systems to verify age before allowing visits to adult sites. Continue reading Australia Proposes Facial Recognition for Adult Sites
The technology – which Facebook won’t use in its own apps – subtly distorts face images so they’re still recognizable, but not to machines. Continue reading New Facebook AI fools facial recognition
What if your device gets locked down for a long while because you cannot remember the password? Well, that used to be a rare case.. because people used to use their device’s passwords to access them frequently and the chances… Continue reading The usability drawback of using biometrics for device authentication but not for device decryption after reboot?
I working on a setup where I’m getting users to scan their fingers for fingerprint at a local machine but, the templates are stored at a centralized server for efficiency reasons.
Since the verification SDK resides at the lo… Continue reading Is it safe to store and transmit fingerpring temples in ANSI or ISO formats in cleartext format?
Samsung is reportedly rolling out fixes for a glitch that allowed anyone to dupe its Galaxy S10 fingerprint authentication sensor. Continue reading Samsung Rolls Out Fix For Galaxy S10 Fingerprint Sensor Glitch
Coming out of the Privacy Commissioners’ Conference in Albania, Public Voice is launching a petition for an international moratorium on using facial recognition software for mass surveillance. You can sign on as an individual or an organization. I did. You should as well. No, I don’t think that countries will magically adopt this moratorium. But it’s important for us all… Continue reading Public Voice Launches Petition for an International Moratorium on Using Facial Recognition for Mass Surveillance