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Lenovo, Intel, PayPal and Synaptics Team up on Password-Free Authentication

posted by martyb on Friday September 30 2016, @09:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the bimoetrics!=password dept.

butthurt writes:

PaymentEye and EWeek report on the partnership of Lenovo, Intel, Synaptics and PayPal. Lenovo Yoga 910 laptop computers are fitted with Intel processors and Synaptics fingerprint readers. PayPal will allow sign-ins using the FIDO (fast identity online) protocols. With the so-called "biometric" system, people can be identified without the use of passwords and without sending their fingerprint data over the Internet.

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by letssee on Friday September 30 2016, @09:46AM

    by letssee (2537) on Friday September 30 2016, @09:46AM (#408306)

    Ah, wonderful. The old 'fingerprint is password' idea. Which is a horrible idea. Fingerprint as username is ok-ish. But as password, not so much. Fingerprint readers are easily fooled. And an unchangeable password is a bad idea to begin with.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 30 2016, @09:56AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 30 2016, @09:56AM (#408310)

    Well, they didn't say that it's biometrics as a password, they sad it's password-free authentication. So basically, it's logging in with just your username (which happens to include your fingerprint). Also note that it speaks about identifying people. You don't identify with your password, you identify with your user name. You confirm your identity with your password. Password-free authentication means that you don't need to confirm your identity; the identity data you provide is taken as unconditionally trustworthy.

    So just from taking the words as written, you can determine it's a bad idea, even if you know nothing at all about biometrics.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 30 2016, @10:03AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 30 2016, @10:03AM (#408313)

    Voiceprint authentication is a great idea!

    Computer, recognise Picard, Jean-Luc. Alpha Two clearance.

    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday September 30 2016, @01:00PM

      by Gaaark (41) on Friday September 30 2016, @01:00PM (#408352) Journal

      "Tea, Earl Grey, hot, half car, machiatto, latte, vente grande, double double, 6 packMad Tom IPA, NSA,"

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      • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday September 30 2016, @01:01PM

        by Gaaark (41) on Friday September 30 2016, @01:01PM (#408353) Journal

        Half-caf..... damn auto correct.

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  • (Score: 2) by KilroySmith on Friday September 30 2016, @05:19PM

    by KilroySmith (2113) on Friday September 30 2016, @05:19PM (#408450)

    Fingerprint readers are easily fooled.

    Do you have any experience with current fingerprint sensors? Have you actually tried to fool one?

    I have, and I have. Things have changed drastically since Mythbusters did their thing.