Our fingerprint were leaked from the vulnerable voting system made by our Government, should I avoid using biometric system from now on?
Way back in 2016, our government's Commission on Election database was hacked. I am one of those 55 million people whose personal data was leaked and exposed including our fingerprints.
We are now at the age where smartphone apps are moving into using your biometrics/fingerprint so you can authenticate yourself faster and "safer". For example, major banks have a feature on their mobile app where you can authorise your payment request by putting in your biometrics. There are also some apps in which the 2FA confirmation is a fingerprint. There are even some smartphones that you can unlock if you put your finger on the sides.
I am deeply worried that since our personal data are already leaked, isn't it easy for hackers to authenticate/impersonate us by simply supplying the fingerprint signature they obtained from the hack?
