using a fingerprint to sign into your e bay account
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e bay is now giving e bay account holders the option to sign into your account using your fingerprint. there are two options when clicking to sign in, turn on or mabe later, i chose the maybe later option, because using a fingerprint to sign in sounds too far out for me, even though it might be safer? anyone try the fingerprint option yet?
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No but you can bet big brother loves this kind of data. A lot of social media is intruding unnecessarily.
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Heh, if you are connected to the internet trust me, big brother knows more about you than you know about yourself.
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Still not a good reason to give them even more data.
How does that work? One would need a fingerprint scanner to do that....I used to have one when I was in business... used it to sign into my computer... Good security, the IT department did not like it though since I had to be there if they wanted to work on my system.
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I use it on my i phone everyday.
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If you do make sure you have another way to sign in. My newest laptop has the fingerprint login. Microsoft did an update and I could no longer sign in with my fingerprint(or else the scanner coincidentally went bad). If I hadn't created an alternate sign in I would have been locked out of my computer!
If you’re using a phone or a computer to authenticate with a biometric, the company doesn’t have any data associated with it. All the biometric does is unlock the password store on the device and supply the previously entered user/password automatically.
One of our local hospitals uses fingerprint ID to access certain areas.
Hmmmm, when I set up my laptop I had the option of adding a typed password. It was not required!
Right, biometrics for a laptop can work differently than for an app. That is more a fault in the maker’s setup process. In all the ones I’ve used it was required to setup a default password before you were allowed to enter a biometric. There should always be a failsafe, in my opinion.
Everything has gone too far. The advancement of technology, which has been sold to us as a benefit to humans, is not meant to be for our own good. But we have become enslaved to it. Resistance has been made much more difficult during the last ten years. Options like signing up for this on paper, paper notifications, physical copies, etc are being eliminated.
"Progress" sure makes us lazy.
If I need to use a finger to log into Ebay, can I choose which finger to use?
I am not convinced that the fingerprint won't end up somewhere we never expected.
Sort of like people who have been nailed for crimes using DNA that was provided for those ancestry services. Sure, it's all for a good cause, until that "cause" is something more sinister.
DNA, baby....DNA !!! eBay is probably working on their digital throat swabs right now.
indeed big brother is watching
and PayPal.
Big brother is indeed watching but it isn’t via biometrics. It’s usually through data people voluntarily provide or is provided on their behalf that they aren’t aware of. I’d be far more suspicious of apps on the phone, telecom activity, and DNS providers than I would biometrics on a device. Unfortunately, it’s very difficult to stay private and be in the modern world.
I have fingerprints all over my monitor. Can't get anything to open.
Buy one of those new fangled laptops that can be used like a tablet also!
With my job, they already know everything about me.
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So does eBay own your fingerprint once you sign in this way? Are other eBay sellers able to use your fingerprint as they choose to identify their products?
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People, research biometrics please. This is no different than using one of those apps that saves your user IDs and passwords. Same if you have Google where it asks to save the information. Unlike Google, which just prefills your saved info, this asks for a unique pattern that was created from whatever finger print(s) you register. Everything is on your device, cell phone, laptop, etc.. If you using Google Password Manager for example, most people attach all their devices. Once you save it on one device you can access it on any device you log into Google from. Apparently I have 307 sites saved in Google Password Manager: including Apps I have on my phone.
I do have two factor authentication on all of my financial sites, as well as Yahoo, Google, and a few others that offer it.