Re:What Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone
by kevincox on Saturday August 06, 2016 @09:43AM
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It would probably be a significant security flaw.
Imagine you press it but for whatever reason it doesn't register. Now your "incorrect" fingerprint is flying over the internet. With a bit of retouching or guessing your original fingerprint can now be recovered.
...not that your fingerprints aren't all over your phone anyways...
Imagine you press it but for whatever reason it doesn't register. Now your "incorrect" fingerprint is flying over the internet. With a bit of retouching or guessing your original fingerprint can now be recovered.
...not that your fingerprints aren't all over your phone anyways...