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No, because nobody trusts full-names or addresses the same dumb way that they wish they could trust iris-data or fingerprint-data.

"Welcome to Acme Bank. To prove you are the owner of this bank-account, please supply your full name and street address. *ding* Authentication successful! Please choose an amount to transfer."

At best, biometrics can only replace usernames. In other words, information that is quasi-public and not expected to be easily changeable... With the additional problem that sometimes it changes all on its own.



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