Re:Windows Hello – Biometric authentication to Windows 10 de...
by pqomdv on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @01:02PM
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They claim physical access for "hacking" is required, but that is not true. As long as you have a root access on a device you can do anything from anywhere. I don't see how this replaces or improves passwords from this perspective. Yes it is easier for the user, since they don't have to remember the password, but everything else stays the same.
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Re:Windows Hello – Biometric authentication to Windows 10 de...
by cwyers on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @01:07PM
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> As long as you have a root access on a device you can do anything from anywhere.
As Raymond Chen likes to say, "it rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway." Once you have root, yes, you have compromised the machine.
Re:Windows Hello – Biometric authentication to Windows 10 de...
by LoSboccacc on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @02:06PM
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But if it is a biometric password then you compromised all machines of a user.