Seriously, people, biometrics are garbage security measures. You don't need an expert to tell you that. Lifting fingerprints is easy.— Karthik Balakrishnan (@karthikb351) December 30, 2016
Even with Aadhaar, using biometrics is a bad, bad idea. You don't need to be Ethan Hunt to break these things.— Karthik Balakrishnan (@karthikb351) December 30, 2016
Forget your identity card or bank accounts, Google suggests a pattern lock over a fingerprint to unlock your phone.https://t.co/iM7pDX0tVZ pic.twitter.com/LYznDyxPyG— Karthik Balakrishnan (@karthikb351) December 30, 2016
Even Apple forces you to use a passcode after Touch ID to change some settings on your iPhonehttps://t.co/J9H3Nrpr6V pic.twitter.com/jFbKr3Eq5s— Karthik Balakrishnan (@karthikb351) December 30, 2016
FUD Time:Here is someone recreating the German Defense Minster's fingerprints from some photographs 2 years agohttps://t.co/xQwVtAXRVw— Karthik Balakrishnan (@karthikb351) December 30, 2016
Here is someone remotely stealing fingerprints from unsecured sensors on Android phones at scalehttps://t.co/TJ3M4KPG0T— Karthik Balakrishnan (@karthikb351) December 30, 2016
Here is a talk from @ccc 2014 where he demonstrates spoofing biometrics live. (it's translated to english)https://t.co/wzC0zcVxaJ— Karthik Balakrishnan (@karthikb351) December 30, 2016
Fingerprints are convenient to maybe unlock your phone or give attendance at your workplace, but it's crazy to use it for anything critical.— Karthik Balakrishnan (@karthikb351) December 30, 2016
They are basically non-revokable, unhashable passwords that you have printed on your fingers and that you leave copies of everywhere.— Karthik Balakrishnan (@karthikb351) December 30, 2016
What if all your online accounts only allowed you to set your password once, and they all had to use the same exact one?— Karthik Balakrishnan (@karthikb351) December 30, 2016
Google, Facebook, Twitter accs all have the same password and you can never change it. That instinctively sounds like a bad idea, right?— Karthik Balakrishnan (@karthikb351) December 30, 2016
That's basically what biometrics are. You can't get new eyes or fingers (easily atleast) πππ— Karthik Balakrishnan (@karthikb351) December 30, 2016
@karthikb351 I think bioms are more likely to get rid of cards. You'll still need a pin to transact.— Gaurav Baheti (@gbaheti) December 30, 2016
@karthikb351 doesn't India alone have enough population that there are collisions?— β» Kevin CantΓΊ β» (@killerswan) December 30, 2016