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Browsing: facial recognition
Despite what every spy movie in the past 30 years would have you think, fingerprint and face scanners used to unlock your smartphone or other devices aren’t nearly as secure as they’re made out to be.
While it’s not great if your password is made public in a data breach, at least you can easily change it. If the scan of your fingerprint or face – known as “biometric template data” – is revealed in the same way, you could be in real trouble. After all, you can’t get a new fingerprint or face.
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Samsung is reportedly planning to ditch the fingerprint scanner on their next Tab release, but before you start yelling ‘security…
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We’re eagerly awaiting the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S8 here in South Africa (come on 5 May) but before we…
If you’ve watched any sort of spy thriller or action film over the last few years – think Jason Bourne…
It’s no secret that Facebook has been interested in the world of facial recognition for a while and the company’s…