Re: ... and fingerprint authentication has problems too

2016-08-02 Thread Victor Odhner
I’m getting old, and last time I had a fingerprint card created it took them a while to pull what looked like a real print. I volunteer at a place where paid staff check in and out with their fingerprint. It’s good I’m “unpaid staff” because they might not be able to read my finger. Speaking of

Re: ... and fingerprint authentication has problems too

2016-08-02 Thread Matt Birkholz
> From: Stephen Partington > Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 06:01:08 -0700 > > Point being. Passphrase should be combined with biometric. How about one big pronounceable? I've found even large ones (16 letters) surprisingly easy to remember, so I use several. I get them from gpw(1). Unfortunately the

Re: ... and fingerprint authentication has problems too

2016-08-02 Thread Mike Bushroe
This is scary. I would hope that as caselaw becomes more extensive and complete they split this into two parts. I have no qualms about allowing police to compel finger prints of any degree of fidelity. It is already standard practice to photograph and finger print every arrested person, so this is

Re: ... and fingerprint authentication has problems too

2016-08-02 Thread Stephen Partington
Point being. Passphrase should be combined with biometric. On Aug 2, 2016 12:55 AM, "Tom Roche" wrote: > > Hans Kugler[1] > > Cop shows demonstrate all the time that fingerprints and DNA are pretty > easy to come by > > I hadn't thought about authentication with DNA, but ... it's definitely > bi

Re: ... and fingerprint authentication has problems too

2016-08-02 Thread Tom Roche
Hans Kugler[1] > Cop shows demonstrate all the time that fingerprints and DNA are pretty easy > to come by I hadn't thought about authentication with DNA, but ... it's definitely biometric !-) > In both cases, rotating them on a regular basis is a dangerous and expensive > process. True that