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Re:Let’s talk about usernames by hawski on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:45AM (#16357615)
Serious question: what happens when you lose your finger? Or you have an accident and your face gets mangled? Or a ball hit your eye and you lose it?

You have to remember your UUID? Probably it would be more like a file than a string.

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Re:Let’s talk about usernames by earenndil on Monday February 12, 2018 @06:25PM (#16363341)
You keep your UUID as a backup. The fingerprint system on my phone still has an option to log in with password, the fingerprint is just a convenient, faster alternative. It's the same here, you keep the UUID in a folder with other sensitive documents and when you lose your finger, you fish it out, log in with it, and register another finger.
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Re:Let’s talk about usernames by Yizahi on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:58AM (#16357671)
You'll have to remember multiple UUIDs, one per service. Now that I think of it will be rather cumbersome. And bio data has to be editable if it will be usable at all i.e. add/delete new entries - fingers, eyes etc. Damn, it is harder than it seems. Anyway, bio data as a login should be implemented, we only need to think exactly how.
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