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Re:Goodbye, Password. Banks Opt to Scan Fingers and Faces In... by allan_s on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @06:42PM (#11950039)
People who still not have understood

"What you are" (fingerprints / faces)

"What you have" (a token/card)

"What you know" (a password)

are different things, that you should adds up for improved security, not trade one for the other

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Re:Goodbye, Password. Banks Opt to Scan Fingers and Faces In... by fuzzieozzie on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @09:16PM (#11950917)
And given that "police" have access to your fingerprint and your token/card then the only thing protecting you from self incrimination is your password !

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/05/iphone...

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Re:Goodbye, Password. Banks Opt to Scan Fingers and Faces In... by lotu on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @10:27PM (#11951152)
The police can subpoena your bank and obtain your finically information with out knowing your password.
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Re:Goodbye, Password. Banks Opt to Scan Fingers and Faces In... by protomyth on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @11:36PM (#11951397)
People aren't worried about the bank records, they are worried about the biometrics. Never mind the first security breach and leaked data.
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Re:Goodbye, Password. Banks Opt to Scan Fingers and Faces In... by angersock on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @08:51PM (#11950800)
Strictly speaking, there's only a pair of gardening shears between "what you are" and "what you have".
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Re:Goodbye, Password. Banks Opt to Scan Fingers and Faces In... by mindslight on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @10:52PM (#11951244)
Biometrics are either just "what you know" or "what you have", depending if the sensor is trusted.
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Re:Goodbye, Password. Banks Opt to Scan Fingers and Faces In... by jfoster on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @10:08PM (#11951095)
If people tend to write down their passwords, isn't a password closer to being "what you have"?
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Re:Goodbye, Password. Banks Opt to Scan Fingers and Faces In... by syngrog66 on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @10:40PM (#11951208)
both or either, depending
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