Computer Security and PGP

Biometrics and Authentication
Authentication using passwords and PINs are no longer considered to be safe. We have seen a couple of recent incidences of data breach where user data is compromised and exploited for even further attacks. Two factor authentication is one option of dealing with it. But, that also cannot be considered to be sufficient. A two factor authentication system also can be compromised. We need some authentication mechanism in which the authentication data can be provided by the individual only and cannot be tampered with. And, that is the main motivation behind using biometric system.

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