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by coffeedrinker on 12/6/21, 8:58 PM with 2 comments

• by tombert on 12/6/21, 9:04 PM

  Someone who knows this stuff better than me maybe can answer this: wouldn't this be relatively easy to spoof with a high-resolution photo of someone's palm?

  For that matter, I'm sure I leave palmprints everywhere, could someone spoof my hand and start using it to authenticate as me?

• by thesuperbigfrog on 12/6/21, 9:20 PM

  Biometrics are good for authentication but have generally been poor for identification.

  Perhaps they should combine the hand scan tech with a PIN to do basic multi-factor authentication and act as a safeguard against accidental misidentification?