I completely agree Paul. On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Paul Mooring wrote: > This article makes some excellent points about using fingerprints as > authentication, but I find it's conclusion of continuing to use passwords a > bit suspect. The chances of your fingerprint being compromised are real, > but no more real than the chances of your password being compromised (brute > force, rainbow tables, weak hashing/no salt). In my opinion the take away > should be use 2 factor auth all the time and I also think fingerprints can > be an excellent form of 2 factor auth (I forget my phone/2FA device more > than I forget my fingers). > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:43 PM, der.hans wrote: > >> moin moin, >> >> biometrics aren't secret enough or flexible enough to use in place of >> passwords. >> >> http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2013/10/fingerprints-are- >> user-names-not.html >> >> ciao, >> >> der.hans >> -- >> # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ >> # Data restorals via Freedom of Information Act requests. >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > Paul Mooring > Operations Team Lead > Chef > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >