{"id":1816,"date":"2016-10-23T13:21:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-23T11:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2016-10-23T13:21:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T11:21:12","slug":"feds-walk-into-a-building-demand-everyones-fingerprints-to-open-phones-slashdot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2016\/10\/23\/feds-walk-into-a-building-demand-everyones-fingerprints-to-open-phones-slashdot\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds Walk Into a Building, Demand Everyone&#8217;s Fingerprints To Open Phones &#8211; Slashdot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/yro.slashdot.org\/story\/16\/10\/23\/0049255\/feds-walk-into-a-building-demand-everyones-fingerprints-to-open-phones\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1817\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2016\/10\/23\/feds-walk-into-a-building-demand-everyones-fingerprints-to-open-phones-slashdot\/fingerprint_scanningtech\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/Fingerprint_ScanningTECH.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fingerprint_scanningtech\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/Fingerprint_ScanningTECH.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/Fingerprint_ScanningTECH.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1817\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/Fingerprint_ScanningTECH-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"fingerprint_scanningtech\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>Feds Walk Into a Building, Demand Everyone&#8217;s Fingerprints To Open Phones &#8211; Slashdot<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A good, sound reason to avoid usage of fingerprints instead of passwords.<\/p>\n<p>You won&#8217;t access my private data unless I willingfully want it.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Adding that <a href=\"http:\/\/Fingerprint imaging and authentication\">fingerprint authentication<\/a> also requires quite a lot of computing power and memory I can only resolve to stick to plain old passwords. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1818\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2016\/10\/23\/feds-walk-into-a-building-demand-everyones-fingerprints-to-open-phones-slashdot\/fingerprint-needs-computing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/fingerprint-needs-computing.png?fit=600%2C261&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,261\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fingerprint-needs-computing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/fingerprint-needs-computing.png?fit=300%2C131&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/fingerprint-needs-computing.png?fit=510%2C222&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1818\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/fingerprint-needs-computing-1.png?resize=600%2C261\" alt=\"fingerprint-needs-computing\" width=\"600\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also good to know that <a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/936\/\">xkcd.com has good, sound suggestions on how to choose good passwords<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1819\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2016\/10\/23\/feds-walk-into-a-building-demand-everyones-fingerprints-to-open-phones-slashdot\/password_strength\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/password_strength.png?fit=740%2C601&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"740,601\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"password_strength\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/password_strength.png?fit=300%2C244&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/password_strength.png?fit=510%2C414&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1819\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/password_strength-1.png?resize=740%2C601\" alt=\"password_strength\" width=\"740\" height=\"601\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Feds Walk Into a Building, Demand Everyone&#8217;s Fingerprints To Open Phones &#8211; Slashdot A good, sound reason to avoid usage of fingerprints instead of passwords. You won&#8217;t access my private data unless I willingfully want it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2016\/10\/23\/feds-walk-into-a-building-demand-everyones-fingerprints-to-open-phones-slashdot\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-mood","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6daft-ti","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8740,"url":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2021\/10\/03\/fsf-announces-jshelter-browser-privacy-extension-to-block-fingerprinting-tracking-and-malware-slashdot\/","url_meta":{"origin":1816,"position":0},"title":"FSF Announces &#8216;JShelter&#8217; Browser Privacy Extension to Block Fingerprinting, Tracking, and Malware &#8211; Slashdot","author":"Paolo Redaelli","date":"2021-10-03","format":"link","excerpt":"FSF Announces 'JShelter' Browser Privacy Extension to Block Fingerprinting, Tracking, and Malware - Slashdot","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ethics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ethics","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/category\/ethics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4383,"url":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2018\/06\/17\/firefoxs-pocket-tries-to-build-a-facebook-style-newsfeed-that-respects-your-privacy-slashdot\/","url_meta":{"origin":1816,"position":1},"title":"Firefox&#8217;s Pocket Tries to Build a Facebook-Style Newsfeed That Respects Your Privacy &#8211; Slashdot","author":"Paolo Redaelli","date":"2018-06-17","format":"link","excerpt":"Sorgente: Firefox's Pocket Tries to Build a Facebook-Style Newsfeed That Respects Your Privacy - Slashdot These are the news I want to read! 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