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I’ve recently obtained a new notebook, specifically a Thinkpad. Now I found out that it has a fingerprint reader integrated into the power button. I am skeptical about biometrics as a security mechanism. But I’m wondering, apart from its s… Continue reading Can fingerprint readers be trusted?
Apple’s Face ID is a secure and convenient facial recognition feature that utilizes a TrueDepth camera system for fast, reliable and secure access. Continue reading Apple’s Face ID Cheat Sheet: What It Is and How to Use It
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s claims about how long surveillance data is retained conflicts with internal records.
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Interesting article on technologies that will automatically identify people:
With technology like that on Mr. Leyvand’s head, Facebook could prevent users from ever forgetting a colleague’s name, give a reminder at a cocktail party that an acquaintance had kids to ask about or help find someone at a crowded conference. However, six years later, the company now known as Meta has not released a version of that product and Mr. Leyvand has departed for Apple to work on its Vision Pro augmented reality glasses.
The technology is here. Maybe the implementation is still dorky, but that will change. The social implications will be enormous…
Continue reading On Technologies for Automatic Facial Recognition
The number of digital transactions has skyrocketed. As consumers continue to spend and interact online, they have growing expectations for security and identity verification. As fraudsters become savvier and more opportunistic, there’s an increased nee… Continue reading Modernizing fraud prevention with machine learning
One of the touted features of passkeys is that they depend on a biometric in order to use them. However, on an iPhone, if the finger-print scanner isn’t successful, it offers you the option of using your passcode. Couldn’t one then brute f… Continue reading Why does iOS allow using passkey without biometric? [closed]
Interesting story:
Napoleon Gonzalez, of Etna, assumed the identity of his brother in 1965, a quarter century after his sibling’s death as an infant, and used the stolen identity to obtain Social Security benefits under both identities, multiple passports and state identification cards, law enforcement officials said.
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A new investigation was launched in 2020 after facial identification software indicated Gonzalez’s face was on two state identification cards.
The facial recognition technology is used by the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles to ensure no one obtains multiple credentials or credentials under someone else’s name, said Emily Cook, spokesperson for the secretary of state’s office…
Continue reading Identity Theft from 1965 Uncovered through Face Recognition
In this Help Net Security interview, Florian Forster, CEO at Zitadel, discusses the challenges CISOs face in managing authentication across increasingly distributed and remote workforces, the negative consequences of ineffective authorization, and how … Continue reading Adapting authentication to a cloud-centric landscape
Among the daily churn of ‘Web 3.0’, blockchains and cryptocurrency messaging, there is generally very little that feels genuinely interesting or unique enough to pay attention to. The same was …read more Continue reading The World ID Orb and the Question of What Defines a Person
My mobile app has this (fairly common) authentication user experience:
user signs in with email and password
user is prompted to enable biometrics for faster access next time
when user returns to app after a time of inactivity
if they en… Continue reading Re-authentication with biometrics in a mobile app using access token