Re: [opensuse] Adding biometric security to a computer

[David Brodbeck]

Rajko M. wrote:
> 2) Is there any bank that is asking for such identification for credit cards?
> There will be no so much problems with stolen identities if they would.
>   
Fingerprint readers are not foolproof.  I remember reading an article
not long ago where some researchers took impressions of people's fingers
and made fake fingerprints out of gelatin.  They fooled several popular
fingerprint reading devices.  This worries me because fingerprint
technology effectively relies on a secret "password" that cannot be
changed.  If someone finds out your PIN, you can always change it.  If
someone steals your fingerprints, you're stuck.  Over-reliance on
biometrics may create more problems than it solves.
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