Unlocking private key using biometric token

Jochen Bern Jochen.Bern at binect.de
Tue Jun 17 17:55:56 AEST 2025


On 17.06.25 00:58, Damien Miller wrote:
> Note that, even if you do the above, the protection the fingerprint
> provides to your private key material is only as strong as your OS'
> security.

... if even that, considering that a) we constantly leave our 
fingerprints all over the place and b) making a fingerprint sensor that 
cannot be fooled with a lifted print somehow is quite nontrivial ...

Kind regards,
-- 
Jochen Bern
Systemingenieur

Binect GmbH
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