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False negative in biometrics
In biometric systems preventing false positive is usually far more important than preventing false negatives. In what situations can false negatives be more serious than false positives?
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Are fingerprint scanners easy to bypass?
Thinking about adding a fingerprint based authentication layer, but then I recalled the MythBusters beat fingerprint security system episode -- is this a common issue, and if not, how do you tell if a ...
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Why do we even use passwords / passphrases next to biometrics?
In the last couple of days there were a lot of talking about passwords and passphrases, not only here, but on several blogs and forums I follow (especially after XKCD #936 saw the light of this ...
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Biometric authentication in the real world
can anyone give a realistic estimation, based on real-world experience, of how much biometric authentication techniques are being used in the IT field?
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Biometric versus other Two Factor Authentication Mechanisms
Over the years biometrics is the go-to movie authentication mechanism, but in the real world I'm getting conflicting opinions about it. Everything I've learned shows that biometrics are flawed ...
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Is there software available for two-factor, biometric authentication to the OS?
Many fingerprint readers and other biometric authentication devices come with software for single-factor authentication to the OS. Is there any third-party software (F/OSS or otherwise) available for ...
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Non-OEM Biometric Software?
Most of us with fingerprint readers and such devices probably use the software provided by the vendor, to enable biometric OS login or single sign-on functionality. However, I've recently wondered if ...
