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Community ManagerI'm a big fan of biometrics and use my fingerprints for quite a lot of things, like accessing secure apps and making payments on my phone. I'm sure that there are ways of getting around it if someone were determined enough (I can think of two ways someone could bypass it and access my phone, but won't mention them here), but I feel quite secure using biometrics still, and I don't think it's in an illusion of safety kind of way.
I also used to have to use a Yubikey back when I was working in banking customer services, which is basically a dongle with a built-in reader that I had to touch to log into the secure systems. We used to have to lock them in a safe at the end of our shifts, and accidentally taking them home was seen as gross misconduct since they were so integral to us logging in securely. In my current role, which isn't anywhere near as security-focused, I still have to utilise the Microsoft Authenticator app and use my fingerprint to log in due to the security settings on my phone.
Similar to Midnight9746, while I am comfortable using fingerprints and feel secure doing so, I'm a lot more wary when it comes to using my face or voice for security (I was made to set up voice verification by one of my banks for if I need to call them, though, but I imagine that they have KYC questions as a backup if an agent is suspicious of impersonation). In my mind, both are much easier to crack, and I suspect that the rise in AI use and deep-fakes is going to severely test both of these aspects of biometrics very shortly.
As usual, I'm waffling, so I'll leave it there 😆
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