tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35796774.post2392132212056909467..comments2023-08-02T06:15:54.511+00:00Comments on Biometrics in schools: Florida bans biometrics in schools, and the industry's "emerging fight" against itPippa Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248669312548711313noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35796774.post-14940848355231710862015-08-24T04:49:59.847+00:002015-08-24T04:49:59.847+00:00Huge Applause. In security-terms, biometrics is a...Huge Applause. In security-terms, biometrics is absolute snake-oil, and is never suitable for anything. It is easily stolen and forged (think - the OPM megahack), and it is sufficiently unreliable that alternative systems always need to be in place to handle when biometrics does not work, like fingerprints after swimming etc (that alternative effectively means that anyone using biometrics is actually REDUCING any security they might have - because the alternate-means will always exist, and now biometrics introduces a second new way to break/forge/bypass the security, and, in a way that can never be changed when that data gets stolen! How many US Government employees have changed their fingerprints since the Chinese stole them all eh?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com