Reply to post: Criminals would be delighted

Mastercard rolls out pay-by-selfie across Europe

Jin

Criminals would be delighted

“User passwords are typically the easiest point of attack", so it is recommended to use your face with the user password as a fallback means against false rejection so that you/criminal can log in either by your face (videoed face) or your password. Is this a wise idea?

This video explains how biomerics makes a backdoor to password-protected information.

https://youtu.be/5e2oHZccMe4

POST COMMENT House rules

Not a member of The Register? Create a new account here.

  • Enter your comment

  • Add an icon

Anonymous cowards cannot choose their icon