Biometrics pros school Google on Android PAD specs

Google is taking criticism for its new biometric specifications for Android devices, which allow an error rate of up to 7 percent on spoof attacks for even those granted the top “strong security” or “Class 3” status.

The acceptable attack presentation classification error rate (APCER) should be closer to 1 percent for the protection against fake attempts to be considered strong, Computerworld reports.

The tech giant says that mobile device manufacturers must choose the tier of native biometric …

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