Tag: passwords
  • Jan 5, 2023 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Online Privacy, Surveillance,

Biometric Data Is a Disaster For Your Privacy – And It May Already Be Used Against You

We’ve written many times on the PIA blog about the increasing use of biometric systems as a way of establishing identity and controlling access. Biometrics being used in this way is problematic for many reasons, most notably because of their limited accuracy. However, the biggest issue with biometrics is, by far, the fact that they … Continue reading “Biometric Data Is a Disaster For Your Privacy – And It May Already Be Used Against You”

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Will Passkeys Replace Passwords?

Passkeys are the first step towards a passwordless future. Read more about Apple Passkeys, how to use them, and if they’ll succeed as password killers.

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  • Jun 3, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Encryption, General Privacy News, Surveillance,

What can remote working by psychoanalysts teach us about protecting privacy?

Working from home has become the norm for millions, perhaps billions, of people around the world. This huge shift in how people spend most of their waking hours naturally brings with it an equally major shift in privacy problems. Some of these were discussed on this blog a year ago, when the videoconferencing tool Zoom … Continue reading “What can remote working by psychoanalysts teach us about protecting privacy?”

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  • Aug 28, 2019 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News,

A major security breach raises a key question: what happens when your biometric data is exfiltrated from a system?

It’s no secret that password security is often terrible. Good passwords – ones that are long and include a mix of lower case, upper case, numbers, and special characters – are hard to remember unless you use a password manager, which few seem to do. As a result, people tend to choose easy-to-guess passwords like … Continue reading “A major security breach raises a key question: what happens when your biometric data is exfiltrated from a system?”

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