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1. Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Apr-2024 01:26:37 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation

   • Gizmodo :press:

   Using your face or thumbprint to unlock your phone is convenient, but courts may grant less legal protection to biometrics. EFF’s Andrew Crocker spoke to @Gizmodo about passwords and the Fifth Amendment. https://gizmodo.com/stop-using-your-face-or-thumb-to-unlock-your-phone-1851438205

   • Elengale (elengale@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Apr-2024 01:43:22 JST Elengale

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     • Gizmodo :press:

     @eff @Gizmodo It is such a pain to go back to PIN-based unlocks-- but as noted, it's the only line of defense right now against surveillance and law enforcement overreach.

     It's always a shame when we have to deliberately kneecap ourselves because society won't allow us to have nice things.

     Here's hoping that one day, precedent will change on this matter.

   • JohannessNilsson (johannessnilsson@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Apr-2024 02:39:12 JST JohannessNilsson

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     • Gizmodo :press:

     @eff @Gizmodo
     https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/spy2.261

     Multi-Level biometric passwords are a step further. It's interesting because many US agencies employ this methodology, and have done so for quite some time. It would be nice to see OEM options for this on smartphones, etc. A user effectively creates a pin code, that relies on a certain sequence of fingerprints being entered sequentially on the biometric scanner, this could be in combination with other biometrics or traditional passwords or alphanumerics.

   • Patrick Lynn (sakurazaku69@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 18:44:50 JST Patrick Lynn

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     • Gizmodo :press:

     @eff @Gizmodo