>>> juice <ju...@swagman.org> schrieb am 25.04.2022 um 17:03 in Nachricht <4cbf03ca-7a0a-4dbe-ad00-c6f3938ff...@swagman.org>:
> > 25. huhtikuuta 2022 16.39.56 GMT+03:00 Benjamin Berg ><benja...@sipsolutions.net> kirjoitti: >>On Mon, 2022-04-25 at 13:28 +0200, Lennart Poettering wrote: >>> >>> Hmm, not sure I follow? I don't know how fingerprint flow of control >>> is. Is this about authentication-by-fingerprint? Or already about >>> user-selection-by-fingerprint? >> >>I was just thinking of authentication-by-fingerprint. Though I don't >>think it makes a big difference here. >> > > Using fingerprint for *authentication* is totally broken concept which > should never be allowed. Why? Is a PIN any better? > Fingerprints are *userid*, never *password*. > > We leave our fingerprints lying around all the time, and given malicious > enough adversaries they might as well take our fingers too. (I sure would > like to avoid that possibility!!) So you are saying users leave themselves lying around everywhere? ;-) > > Fingerprints can be used on place of username, that is OK and does not > present similar risks. Fingerprints are mote than a userid IMHO. > > - Juice -
