LWN: Comments on "A look at PAM face-recognition authentication"
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hourly2Applicability of face-recognition authentication
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2012-11-08T08:15:50+00:00pjm
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<font class="QuotedText">> for any genuinely security-conscious user</font><br>
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Allowing either face recognition or password access is less secure than password alone, e.g. because one's face is public information. Face recognition or fingerprint readers are more for situations where passwords aren't really necessary (cf. MacOS login by just clicking on the appropriate user icon) than for where passwords aren't enough.<br>
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