As secure as a strong individual password may be, a face or fingerprint as an authentication method is unique and cannot be cracked. At least that’s what most people believe. However, after this sentence at the latest – and for anyone who is not listening to us for the first time – it should be clear that nothing here is unique or inevitable. Hackers are creative and move with the times, constantly finding new ways to forge facial recognition and fingerprints. IT security is always working against this.
An exciting race in which all participants take it in turns to come out on top! In an interview with Michael Münz and Ute Lange, BSI expert Ralf Breithaupt explains how you can best protect and use your biometric data in your mobile devices.