---
id: 8282
title: "Biometrics in the age of Pastebin"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/biometrics-in-the-age-of-pastebin/"
published_at: "2013-06-24T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["cloud-security", "authentication", "privacy", "facial-recognition", "biometrics", "data-breaches"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8282"
lang: en
---

# Biometrics in the age of Pastebin

## Summary

Biometrics' core weakness is immutability: leaked password hashes can be rotated, but compromised fingerprints or faces cannot. Public photos may already suffice to defeat facial recognition systems.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2013-06-24T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/biometrics-in-the-age-of-pastebin/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8282