Is Biometrics Fit for KYC?
Biometrics is convenient but lowers security.
Biometrics recognition is inherently probabilistic and can't yield deterministic "yes/no" results like text passwords/PINs.
GIF: I created the GIF image.
Biometrics may compromise security.
Biometrics is not a fallacy but can lower security.
As a longtime, hands-on researcher of biometric recognition technology, I can unhesitatingly comment that biometrics recognition is unreliable and that biometrics lowers security.
Security threats of biometrics rendered Aadhaar a broken digital identity system
How can people forget/ignore the continual fraudulent money looting by criminals using fingerprint spoofs and Aadhaar-enabled payment systems for the last seven-plus years?
It is a significant failure of the team Aadhaar.
The credit (discredit) of money looting by the criminals using fingerprint spoofs and Aadhaar-enabled Payment Systems goes to the advisers of the Aadhaar project and courtesy security-lowering traits of biometrics.
Biometrics is convenient but lowers security.
Digital KYC is the easiest way for fraudsters to create fake bank accounts worldwide. However, there is a rise in digital KYCs because of convenience.
Source: I created the GIF.
Biometrics is NOT fit for authentication and KYC.
My hands-on research experience in biometrics recognition technology convinced me that biometrics recognition is inherently probabilistic and can't yield deterministic "yes/n" results.
Biometrics has many other problems, such as spoofing, false acceptance/rejection rates, stealing biometric data from public places, credential staffing, etc.
In conclusion, biometrics recognition is unreliable and lowers security.
If an authentication factor doesn't give us the confidence for reliable authentication, how can it serve as an instrument for KYC verification?
Therefore, biometrics recognition is inherently security-vulnerable for KYC verification.
<> Originally published in my LinkedIn Newsletter.
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