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Microsoft is pushing hard for Windows users to shift from using passwords to its Hello biometrics system, but researchers sponsored by the German government have found a critical flaw in its business implementation.

In a presentation at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, Dr Baptiste David and Tillmann Osswald from independent security shop ERNW Research demonstrated how one can crack the Hello system and a local admin, or someone who has access to their credentials via malware or other means, can inject biometric information into a computer that would allow it to recognize any face or fingerprint.

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[–] tedd_deireadh@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

Really cool that the German government supports this kind of research to share with the world.