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Re:I recommend against using biometric identification by KGIII on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @06:13PM (#15233405)
Nice! That must be a new feature? It had no such thing, the last time I used Android.

Err... I use a Windows phone, even though I'm normally a Linux user. I kinda like it.

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Re:I recommend against using biometric identification by khedoros1 on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @06:34PM (#15233588)
It is present on my Nexus 5 running 6.0.1, and absent on my HTC One A9, running 7.0.

I suspect that it's a feature dropped from many/most customized versions of Android.

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Re:I recommend against using biometric identification by saagarjha on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @07:40PM (#15234075)
I’ve seen it on Lineage OS, but it might be tablet-only.
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Re:I recommend against using biometric identification by advantager on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @10:16AM (#15238457)
Its available in Lineage OS for mobile as well.
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Re:I recommend against using biometric identification by dredmorbius on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @11:36PM (#15235324)
V. 5.x. Lollipop.
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