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The main value in releasing tools like this is to demonstrate weakness in our current security controls. A key weakness of biometrics is that there is no secret data. Open source tooling like this help people understand that.

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I wish I didn’t have to scroll this far to find your rational perspective. Lets take the famous LockPickingLawyer of YouTube, is he responsible for every crime where the thief defeats a lock that he has demonstrated the weaknesses of? I would say “no!”. Exposing a weakness puts the onus of securing said weaknesses on those that sell technology/devices/services that market themselves as “secure”.

This is just some rationalization that security nerds like to regurgitate on each other.

Exposing a vulnerability in a public forum is the fastest way to patch said vulnerability. You don’t have to be a security nerd to connect the dots

> Exposing a vulnerability in a public forum is the fastest way to patch said vulnerability.

Unjustified empirical claim.

And even if it were true, it would still be insufficient for justifying public disclosure, classic is-ought.

Also, only nerds stand up for security nerds.

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