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Re: replacing compromised biometric authenticators
From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:58:35 -0400
On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 05:04:08PM -0400, Ken Chase wrote:
If the current best operating practice is to avoid biometrics, why are they still in use out here?
(1) for the same reason some idiots still use captchas (2) new hotness > old and busted, regardless of merits (3) because they facilitate coerced risk transference away from the people who are actually responsible (and are paid to be so) to the people who shouldn't be responsible (and aren't paid to be) ---rsk
Current thread:
- replacing compromised biometric authenticators Ken Chase (Oct 11)
- Re: replacing compromised biometric authenticators Andrew Kirch (Oct 11)
- Re: replacing compromised biometric authenticators Matt Harris (Oct 11)
- Re: replacing compromised biometric authenticators Wayne Bouchard (Oct 11)
- Re: replacing compromised biometric authenticators Rich Kulawiec (Oct 12)
- Re: replacing compromised biometric authenticators Jean-Francois Mezei (Oct 12)
- Re: replacing compromised biometric authenticators Alain Hebert (Oct 13)
- Re: replacing compromised biometric authenticators Jörg Kost (Oct 13)