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20 Jul 2025 3 minute read 2 comments Debesh Choudhury
The question is valid for most governments. I published a LinkedIn article and a video in 2023, which raised questions on the adoption of biometrics authentication technology by technology corporations and governments. The questions are still val...
3 Dec 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Debesh Choudhury
Can anyone break RSA? Probably not. What is RSA? RSA (Rivest–Shamir—Adleman) is a popular public-key cryptosystem for secure data transmission and key exchange. It is also widely used in banking and financial systems for user authentication and tran...
20 Jun 2024 4 minute read 11 comments Debesh Choudhury
While using biometrics recognition can be convenient, but biometrics recognition is inherently probabilistic and not deterministic. The probabilistic trait of biometrics recognition makes it unreliable. Besides, biometrics has many other challenges...
2 May 2024 2 minute read 2 comments Debesh Choudhury
What is a password? A password is a string of keyboard characters used to verify a user's identity during the authentication process in a computational system online or offline. A password is typically used with a username and is designed to be k...
12 Apr 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Debesh Choudhury
Biometrics is convenient but lowers security. Biometrics recognition is inherently probabilistic and can't yield deterministic "yes/no" results like text passwords/PINs. I created a GIF using the title text and an image by Biometrics may compromis...
25 Jan 2024 2 minute read 11 comments Debesh Choudhury
What is biometrics? Biometrics involves the utilization of distinct physiological or behavioral traits of humans to authenticate or identify individuals. However, biometrics authentication technology is inherently probabilistic, and unreliable,...
9 Oct 2023 1 minute read 18 comments Debesh Choudhury
Nowadays, there is a craze for killing passwords. If you regularly follow cybersecurity trends, you might have noticed the word "password-less." Password-less means your account is always logged in using credentials already saved on a device, such as...
22 Jul 2023 4 minute read 5 comments Debesh Choudhury
Biometrics has been a subject of my applied research for more than ten years. I started carrying out three-dimensional (3D) object recognition in the winter of 2000. Then I was on a postdoctoral research stint at the University of Electro-Communicat...
14 Jan 2023 2 minute read 3 comments Debesh Choudhury
What is a password, and why is it essential for all Internet users? I am sure that most Internet users know well what a password is and why it is vital in cyberspace. Still, I will write a short text about it! Passwords are still a widely used and...
26 Sep 2022 5 minute read 2 comments Debesh Choudhury
Biometrics is often projected as a security token. The mainstream technology news media project biometrics as a preferred token for personal identity verification and authentication. The news media highlight the huge market for biometrics securit...
