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Facial recognition data is a key to your identity – if stolen, you can’t just change the locks
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Alas Poor Erinaceus lemmy.ml zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-12-18
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Link: https://theconversation.com/facial-recognition-data-is-a-key-to-your-identity-if-stolen-you-cant-just-change-the-locks-278289
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StopTech lemmy.today StopTech@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-02-27
#2 · Quote Reply

This is why biometric verification was always a bad idea
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Em Adespoton lemmy.ca adespoton@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-04
#3 · Quote Reply

Have there been actual studies done against the various facial recognition technologies out there right now to see what the minimal adjustments are to break it, and following that, to successfully and reliably be recognized as a specific other person?
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卩卄卂丂乇 lemmy.8th.world phase@lemmy.8th.world
Joined: 2023-08-04
#4 · (edited) Quote Reply
StopTech wrote:
This is why biometric verification was always a bad idea

Always funny to ask how you change a fingerprint if its leacked.
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StopTech lemmy.today StopTech@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-02-27
#5 · Quote Reply
卩卄卂丂乇 wrote:
Always funny to ask how you change a fingerprint if its leacked.

Leacked? Is that a portmanteau of hacked and leaked?
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FauxLiving lemmy.world FauxLiving@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-10
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卩卄卂丂乇 wrote:
Always funny to ask how you change a fingerprint if its leacked.

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ragas lemmy.ml ragas@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2025-03-23
#7 · Quote Reply
Em Adespoton wrote:
Have there been actual studies done against the various facial recognition technologies out there right now to see what the minimal adjustments are to break it, and following that, to successfully and reliably be recognized as a specific other person?

There are human rights organisations that make morphed passes that work for you and some other person.
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quick_snail feddit.nl quick_snail@feddit.nl
Joined: 2025-07-15
#8 · (edited) Quote Reply
StopTech wrote:
This is why biometric verification was always a bad idea

Makes good usernames.

After presenting biometrics, you should always be prompted for a password
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卩卄卂丂乇 lemmy.8th.world phase@lemmy.8th.world
Joined: 2023-08-04
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StopTech wrote:
Leacked? Is that a portmanteau of hacked and leaked?

Or a typo, we will never know. :D
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daniskarma lemmy.dbzer0.com daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-04-30
#10 · Quote Reply

Just change your face if it gets leaked, duh.
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Alas Poor Erinaceus lemmy.ml zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-12-18
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daniskarma wrote:
Just change your face if it gets leaked, duh.

Some children are drawing on fake moustaches to bypass online age checks, report finds
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yelling_at_cloud programming.dev yelling_at_cloud@programming.dev
Joined: 2026-02-17
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daniskarma wrote:
Just change your face if it gets leaked, duh.

Well at least some years ago, Apple's face ID stopped working when I got bracers. I'm guessing the models are better now, though
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