Timeline for How can we eliminate passwords given the problems with biometric authentication?
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
7 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2020 at 16:01 | comment | added | A. Hersean | DNA sequencing cannot tell the difference between twins. Only fingerprints can. | |
| Jul 22, 2020 at 9:59 | comment | added | Konrad Rudolph | @CaptainMan That’s technically correct but since there are a lot of misconceptions flying around about this in the popular press, let me note that modifications of your DNA during your lifetime are exceedingly rare (less than one change in a million), and would be completely irrelevant in the context of this discussion. Chimerism (as noted by Eric) and, more importantly, mosaicism, would be a much more relevant issue (but can also be trivially worked around). For all intents and purposes, your DNA is completely constant. | |
| Jul 7, 2020 at 15:53 | comment | added | Michael come lately | I don't understand the "...problem for 2FA tokens - that just proves you own a secret with sharing the secret." part. The "secret" that is at both ends can only be extracted by great in-person inconvenience or using deliberately broken equipment at the time of registration. | |
| Jul 7, 2020 at 3:17 | comment | added | Nelson | And then you throw in cell level diseases, and cancer, and well, DNA is not exactly easy to deal with. | |
| Jul 6, 2020 at 20:30 | comment | added | Eric Towers | ... including but not limited to chimerism. | |
| Jul 6, 2020 at 18:32 | comment | added | Captain Man | Even DNA sequencing has problems! | |
| Jul 5, 2020 at 22:15 | history | answered | symcbean | CC BY-SA 4.0 |