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anonym29yesterday at 4:43 PM3 repliesview on HN

Biometrics are the only credential you can't roll after compromise.


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lostloginyesterday at 5:29 PM

It depends what the biometrics are. There have been successful hand transplants, so new finger prints are possible, but completely impractical.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_transplantation

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tombrandisyesterday at 5:42 PM

kind of but others are hard as well... most people don't change their name, date of birth or even email address when they are leaked.

artursapekyesterday at 5:16 PM

this is exactly my problem with them