tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post2472321842524680266..comments2024-03-28T16:31:54.494-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Why you should never use your fingerprint to unlock your devicesBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-37075604147104093582015-10-16T10:16:57.061-04:002015-10-16T10:16:57.061-04:00My daughter told me that when she visited the Grea...My daughter told me that when she visited the Great Wall of China, they pulled everyone over and took a thumbprint. I wonder if they're building a data set for hacking?Weetabixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106614092497408546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-59623533906816611392015-10-14T16:33:32.463-04:002015-10-14T16:33:32.463-04:00Best advice I heard on this topic was to treat you...Best advice I heard on this topic was to treat your finger print as a username, never a password.<br />Wish I could give credit where credit is due (may have even been this blog), but I can't recall the source.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-52052878310766094642015-10-13T17:12:29.231-04:002015-10-13T17:12:29.231-04:00Mythbusters actually did an episode where they pro...Mythbusters actually did an episode where they proved that you can lift someone's fingerprint and unlock their devices with it. They weren't explicit in detail because of the liability issue of broadcasting that kind of instruction, but they did prove it. This kind of thing is why I don't use the fingerprint option on the self serve food kiosk at work.Educated Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00427448848120332594noreply@blogger.com