• Saik0@lemmy.saik0.com
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      1 year ago

      And yet, as a service member that was part of the 2013 OPM data breech, my finger prints (and an estimated 5.5 million other peoples) were part of the dataset that was stolen.

      So… What’s your point about “Global Internet”? If my data was stolen, and sent to the “Global Internet”(The fuck does this even mean?)… There’s no functional difference to an exposed password.

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      It doesn’t need to be physical breach. If it’s stored somewhere it can (and might) be accessed by someone else and reconstructed.

      • MostlyHarmless@sh.itjust.works
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        And still useless unless they also steal your phone. You are still safe from the hackers on the other side of the planet