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minus-squareMostlyHarmless@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoUnless I meet you in person, I’m not going to get your biometrics. The point of these is to protect your accounts from the global Internet. https://xkcd.com/538/
minus-squareHerowyn@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIt doesn’t need to be physical breach. If it’s stored somewhere it can (and might) be accessed by someone else and reconstructed.
minus-squareMostlyHarmless@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoAnd still useless unless they also steal your phone. You are still safe from the hackers on the other side of the planet
Unless I meet you in person, I’m not going to get your biometrics. The point of these is to protect your accounts from the global Internet.
https://xkcd.com/538/
It doesn’t need to be physical breach. If it’s stored somewhere it can (and might) be accessed by someone else and reconstructed.
And still useless unless they also steal your phone. You are still safe from the hackers on the other side of the planet