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[Titus T.]

The learning environment is what determines how strong the algorithm is and
what what security it provides. I believe the weakness in here
( http://qz.com/823820/carnegie-mellon-made-a-special-pair-of-
glasses-that-lets-you-steal-a-digital-identity/
) are yet to be or already solved.

"Artificial intelligence at work"

regards,


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On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 7:52 AM, TGH Solutions via Linux <
linux at lists.habari.co.tz> wrote:

> Ismail: I think that is where we are going with most only services
> providing the option for two factor authentication.
>
> Titus: I think that was Andreas's point. No matter how good you make the
> algorithm, if you have the source pattern used to generate it then it all
> amounts to nothing. If you require alot of detail from the source then your
> rate of false negatives increases as well.
>
> On Nov 5, 2016 10:38 AM, "Ismail Settenda" <ismailmss at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> To add to that; I do not think any one device can really give you total
>> security; I believe total security will come from a layered approach as it
>> is in the strength of the combination of preventive methods that will offer
>> a semblance of 100% security and even then there is also the human factor.
>>
>> Physical access coupled with fingerprint, facial or eye is secure however
>> human awareness with the preventive physical access coupled with
>> fingerprint, facial or eye scanners is a really good attempt at making
>> things really secure.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> --
>> Ismail
>>
>> On 5 November 2016 at 09:47, TGH Solutions via Linux <
>> linux at lists.habari.co.tz> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, I think most people don't understand how biometric works, which is
>>> why there is an illusion of security. People don't understand its basically
>>> a complicated password generated algorithmically at scan time.
>>>
>>> But in that sense, it still is better in most cases where end users get
>>> to pick passwords and they pick 123456. It'll be better then 90% of the
>>> passwords in use and will require the hacker to have physical access to the
>>> device, which is quite a big barrier.
>>>
>>> On Nov 4, 2016 10:40 PM, "Andreas Tauscher via Linux" <
>>> linux at lists.habari.co.tz> wrote:
>>>
>>>> A little bit a pragmatic view:
>>>> Locking the phone with the fingerprint is better than leaving it
>>>> unlocked.
>>>> But if somebody thinks this lock is secure: You are wrong.
>>>>
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