Nalin Asanka Gamagedara Arachchilage

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  • Senior Research Fellow in Cyber Security at La Trobe University, UNSW
Even though passcode options include swipe patterns and long passwords, many users still use easy 4-digit PINs. This is because people are often lulled into a false sense of security when they use fingerprint login. SHUTTERSTOCK

Fingerprint login should be a secure defence for our data, but most of us don’t use it properly

Nalin Asanka Gamagedara Arachchilage, UNSW

While the data from a fingerprint is very hard to retrieve, cybercriminals can get around biometric technology in various ways. And having a weak passcode is like giving them a hall pass.