JP Morgan staff told they must share biometric data to access headquarters

Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/10/jp-morgan-staff-told-they-must-share-biometric-data-to-access-headquarters

JP Morgan Chase has told staff moving into its new headquarters in New York that they must share their biometric data to access the multibillion-dollar building.

The investment bank had previously planned for the registering of biometric data by employees at its new Manhattan skyscraper to be voluntary.

However, employees of the US’s biggest bank who have started work at the headquarters since August have received emails saying that biometric access was “required”, according to communications seen by the Financial Times.

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pdxfed@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Getting nervous about the general public are we?

Reap:sow

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- AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Lmao my thoughts exactly. Not just the general public, if enough Republicans get nervous and finally vote to subpoena those files, they might have to be legally taken by force.
  
  Who had “If House Republicans would just fucking vote for accountability, the villain officially breaking the law would be the CEO of a big bank?” on their bingo card. 🙋‍♀️
  
  “Survival of the fittest! It’s the natural order of things. Let nature take it’s cour… Hey, excuse me! You’re not supposed to be here without a biometric scan!”
  
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  - BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    LoL! This post is STUPID! WHY would Republicans vote AGAINST Pedophiles AND rich People? Those are their ONLY Voting Blocks!
    
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- FarceOfWill@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I don’t think so, these places are ones that have the “yes, actually mossad” threat vector to defend against.
  
  Like the general public already wouldn’t get in.
  
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whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Biometrics aren’t passwords they are usernames, passwords necessarily change I’m not changing my fingerprints or iris or bhole or whatever they want to scan.

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- IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Biometrics are not usernames. They are physical identifiers and unlike usernames you can’t change them.
  
  I used to work in a datacenter that required you to go through a mantrap to access. It required three things:
  
  Something you have (a card key)
  
  Something you know (a PIN)
  
  Something you are (biometrics)
  
  To get to the datacenter floor you use a card key to open the door to the mantrap. It’s a small vestibule about the size of a phone booth. Once inside the door closes. You then enter your PIN on a keypad and place your hand on a biometric scanner. Once your hand is recognized the inner door opens and lets you into the datacenter. I was told the mantrap also weighed you and compared that with previous trips through to make sure somebody else didn’t sneak through with you.
  
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- Evotech@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It’s usually used as a second factor. You have your I’d card (something you have) and your bio (something you are). add that with a password (something you know) and you are pretty good
  
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- FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  You think it’s easy to steal someone fingerprint or iris in a way that will work on scanners?
  
  How?
  
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- echodot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I hate it when people steal my eyes and I have to get new ones. My mother’s maiden name is so much more secure.
  
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snooggums@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Staff: "But we don't have to if we work remotely, right."

JP Morgan Chase: "No remote work."

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altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Waiting for a penis scanner.

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- jjlinux@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I have one of those. It’s called a wife.
  
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  - echodot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    How extensive is her database?
    
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- FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Nothing stopping you from registering your penis on a fingerprint scanner as a fingerprint haha. Maybe just the ability to reach where the scanner is.
  
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CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I feel like there’s some kind of middle ground between the notoriously insecure HID style building access card and providing biometrics.

I wonder if this has anything to do with a RTO push and people badging in for others. But then VPN usage would show that…

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- Dionysus@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Are you telling me you don’t VPN into the office when you arrive to the office?
  
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  - atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    At one place I worked that was considered our two-factor auth….
    
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  - Deestan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Well, I do. But it’s because the security layers on the wifi are more strict than on the VPN to such a degree that I can’t actually connect to it from my work laptop.
    
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  - CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Maybe I should, to establish a pattern.
    
    But then I’d have to go to the office. Ew. HR is there.
    
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- HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  2FA the access card? Swipe your badge, receive a prompt on your phone “Are you trying to badge in at $BUILDING?”, hit allow, be granted access to building.
  
  Another option would be badge + PIN code.
  
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Damage@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Oh no, those poor innocent investment bankers

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tourist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
i take this to mean “shit on the fingerprint scanner”

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HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Ooooh. I wonder what I can get into if I kidnap the ceo and scoop out an eyeball?! So exciting.

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ieatpwns@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Fire me

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FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Biometric access requires staff to scan their fingerprints or eye to gain access through security gates in the lobby instead of swiping their ID badges.

You could not sign me up fast enough to be able to open my office’s door with my fingerprint or eye.

The systems that handle biometric logins for gigantic companies are usually pretty bulletproof and have been audited many times.

I’m guessing people on here will think this is the second coming of the devil though lol. I can only imagine the outrage if FaceID/TouchID didn’t already exist on phones and Apple/google/etc added it in 2025 🤣

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Spacehooks@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Im hoping for the breath access from aliens. Seemed so stupid that it might work?

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