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Biometrics are a convenient and secure way to authenticate our devices. Many of us use and trust the biometrics of our devices without much thought, but are they really secure? With so many options, which ones are the best?
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# Biometrics Explained
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### :material-cloud-off: Local Storage
As with most things, keeping everything on your device is the key to private biometrics. A secure and private biometric authentication system should store any biometric data fully on-device and further, shouldn't make it acessible at all, even to the user. Biometric data is so incredibly sensitive and uniquely identifying that it needs to be treated with the utmost care. For example, apps on your phone don't have direct access to your fingerprint or face data, they must use an [API](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/localauthentication) to use biometric authentication.
As with most things, keeping everything on your device is the key to private biometrics. A secure and private biometric authentication system should store any biometric data fully on-device and further, shouldn't make it accessible at all, even to the user. Biometric data is so incredibly sensitive and uniquely identifying that it needs to be treated with the utmost care. For example, apps on your phone don't have direct access to your fingerprint or face data, they must use an [API](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/localauthentication) to use biometric authentication.
On the other end of the spectrum we have companies like [IDEMIA](https://www.idemia.com) which boast about their [Augmented Vision](https://www.idemia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/augmented-vision-platform-idemia-brochure-202102.pdf), designed to take video data from the myriad surveillance cameras littering every US city and track you around everywhere you go. It combines facial recognition, object recognition, plate reading, and much more to create an Orwelian surveillance apparatus that stores all your data in some server somewhere, fully accessible to their customers (or any hackers that want a treasure trove of surveillance data). They also hae a product called [Mobile Biometric Check](https://www.idemia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/mobile-biometric-check-idemia-brochure-202007.pdf) that allows cops to use their phone camera to take a picture of your fingerprints and compare them to a database. This is the exact opposite of responsible biometrics.
On the other end of the spectrum we have companies like [IDEMIA](https://www.idemia.com) which boast about their [Augmented Vision](https://www.idemia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/augmented-vision-platform-idemia-brochure-202102.pdf), designed to take video data from the myriad surveillance cameras littering every US city and track you around everywhere you go. It combines facial recognition, object recognition, plate reading, and much more to create an Orwellian surveillance apparatus that stores all your data in some server somewhere, fully accessible to their customers (or any hackers that want a treasure trove of surveillance data). They also have a product called [Mobile Biometric Check](https://www.idemia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/mobile-biometric-check-idemia-brochure-202007.pdf) that allows cops to use their phone camera to take a picture of your fingerprints and compare them to a database. This is the exact opposite of responsible biometrics.
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