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Re:Fingerprints are usernames, not passwords (2013) by curun1r on Friday September 15, 2017 @03:00AM (#15255203)
Believe it or not it's actually nineteen times, not nine. Though the last ten introduce a fair amount of inconvenience and eww-factor when unlocking your phone.
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Re:Fingerprints are usernames, not passwords (2013) by zingmars on Friday September 15, 2017 @05:16AM (#15255723)
I don't know about Apple phones, but I had luck getting my phone to unlock by using my chin. It wasn't really reliable (stopped working after a few hours, probably because of the beard growing), but I'm sure we can figure something out.
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Re:Fingerprints are usernames, not passwords (2013) by valuearb on Friday September 15, 2017 @12:04PM (#15258229)
Being male, I actually have 21 digits, if you can stomach more inconvenience and eww-factor when unlocking a phone.
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Re:Fingerprints are usernames, not passwords (2013) by andrewingram on Friday September 15, 2017 @06:42AM (#15256023)
I tried using TouchID with my toes and it didn't really work.
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