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Re:Fingerprints are usernames, not passwords (2013) by bighi on Friday September 15, 2017 @10:05AM (#15257223)
You can only try a few before the phone locks itself, I believe.
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Re:Fingerprints are usernames, not passwords (2013) by lazyjones on Friday September 15, 2017 @01:00PM (#15258708)
The idea was to be able to use more than your own 10 fingers for locking/unlocking as the owner. Not to brute-force TouchID as a thief.
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