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Re:Chaos Computer Clubs Breaks Iris Recognition System of th... by adrianN on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @07:31AM (#14400360)
Or release it and make money with your cool feature that competitors don't have.
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Re:Chaos Computer Clubs Breaks Iris Recognition System of th... by moe on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @07:44AM (#14400424)
Spot on.

This is a marketing gimmick, not a security feature.

Just as with fingerprint readers[1] the target audience is people who otherwise wouldn't lock their phone at all.

[1] https://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/09/chaos-computer-club-ha...

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