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  1. Just got an email from my gym saying they’re changing the access system in just five days to require a fingerprint. 🤯

    The email was super casual about it. No real info on why it’s needed, where the biometric data is stored, how long it’s kept, or whether there’s an alternative.

    Is this normal?!

    I sent them a friendly email asking for more details.

    #privacy #dataprotection #biometrics #fitness #gym

  2. Why Biometric Identification Is Becoming A Core Feature of Crypto Security

    Biometric technologies use physical features to enable identity verification, such as voice, fingerprints, or facial features. These methods help keep criminals from stealing data to carry out illicit transactions, which is why crypto exchanges and individual users are increasingly integrating them. Exchanges utilize technologies such as electronic Know Your Customer (eKYC) and liveness detection to create a multilayered security system…….Continue reading…. By Samuel […]

    onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026

  3. TechSpot: Google is testing a webcam CAPTCHA that scans your hand, but it’s already been bypassed using a photo. “Google is working on a new kind of challenge to improve its reCAPTCHA system, using biometric identification to confirm that the user is indeed human. The new method is officially named ‘hand gesture verification’ (HGV), and, according to early testing, is mostly useless.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/08/techspot-google-is-testing-a-webcam-captcha-that-scans-your-hand-but-its-already-been-bypassed-using-a-photo/