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False Acceptance

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

In biometrics, the instance of a security system incorrectly verifying or identifying an unauthorized person. It typically is considered the most serious of biometric security errors as it gives unauthorized users access to systems that expressly are trying to keep them out.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Vulnerability85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
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possessive
False Acceptance's
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