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No Google, Adding Biometrics is the Opposite of Security and Privacy (infosec.pub)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If you point a weapon at me in a way that would compel me to help you unlock my phone with fingerprint or face unlock, I promise you it would not be any harder for you to get me to unlock the device with the pin.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    You assume that you are conscious, or even alive in your scenario.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    If I'm not alive I don't really care if they get the contents of my phone. My survivors can go through the same process I would for reversing a fraudulent transaction.

    And you're picturing a criminal subduing me and then just crouching over my body and figuring out what financial apps I have and how to use them?
    What's their game plan here? Most stolen phones are resold, not used to access their contents.

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