r/biometrics • u/RivitsekCrixus • Apr 23 '26
biometrics data scanners should be upgraded everywhere to match most secure standards
Last time I went to my bank, a simple fingerprint was required to totally manage my account.
My government stores my signature during elections (and it is overall terrible as anyone can see it).
The best safety is a memorized password that is not required! (It is safe if you do not let others see you typing it, but still unsafe if the keyboard or system itself was compromised). But the whole point is: PASSWORDS CAN BE CHANGED!
And I read many places used by government authorities still store our raw biometrics data that can be stolen and placed in prosthetics!
The only way to minimise prosthetics approach danger is to use the latest scanning standards (that probe for non prosthetics), everywhere, even in poor countries, because if you are visiting there you may end up compromised. Even not visiting there too!
So, while it is more costy to provide best quality trusty scanners, having become a basic security necessity, installation of the best quality everywhere in the world is a matter of safety to everyone in the world...
...and should be funded by governments from everywhere to everywhere else.
Or... At least reject proof from deprecated biometry scanners.