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Lewis Maddison

Your biometrics may not be as safe as you think

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Using your biometric data, such as your fingerprint, to login and authenticate your identity may not be as secure as you think.

This is according to NordVPN, whose researchers claim to have found 81,000 stolen fingerprints across dark web forums. The VPN provider also added that since users can't change their fingerprints - as they can a compromised password - they are at risk of being permanently compromised.

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