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They can be fooled now, but that is an implementation flaw, not a problem with the concept. I wouldn't cite the weakness of unsalted MD5 hashes as a problem with the concept of passwords.

I agree with your assessment of what biometrics can and cannot do. That is why I specifically said that in most situations, passwords are only used to verify someone's identity, and thus can be replaced with biometrics.



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