The use of biometric features as key material in security protocols has often been suggested to relieve their owner from the need to remember long cryptographic secrets. The appeal of biometric data as cryptographic secrets stems from their high apparent entropy, their availability to their owner, and their relative immunity to loss. In particular, they constitute a very effective basis for user authentication, especially when combined with complementary credentials such as a short memorized password or a physical token. However, the use of biometrics in cryptography does not come without problems. Some difficulties are technical, such as the lack of uniformity and the imperfect reproducibility of biometrics, but some challenges are more fundamental.
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Boyen, X. (2007). Robust and Reusable Fuzzy Extractors. In: Tuyls, P., Skoric, B., Kevenaar, T. (eds) Security with Noisy Data. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-984-2_6
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