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Re:Windows Hello bypassed using infrared image by dchest on Monday July 19, 2021 @10:43PM (#27889570)
Facial and fingerprint authentication is the most successful and practical security feature protecting billions of computers which would have been unprotected otherwise. It should not be dismissed like that, and I’m glad the work is being done to find and fix vulnerabilities.
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Re:Windows Hello bypassed using infrared image by rasz on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @05:40PM (#27899731)
>successful and practical

In marketing sense. You leave your fingerprints all over the keyboard, and I can record your face freely.

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Re:Windows Hello bypassed using infrared image by baybal2 on Monday July 19, 2021 @11:00PM (#27889646)
And it compromises equally as much by providing a false sense of security
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