Re:Passcodes are protected by Fifth Amendment, says court
by beatgammit on Thursday November 01, 2018 @08:16PM
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Yet a large number (and probably the majority with the capability) of people use fingerprint scanners or face unlock.
How many of those people understand that those lock methods are not covered by the fifth amendment?
Re:Passcodes are protected by Fifth Amendment, says court
by craftyguy on Thursday November 01, 2018 @08:30PM
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I'm not arguing that those methods aren't popular, but that 'we' are not all moving away from passcodes to using them. There are still folks using passcodes, and passcodes continue to be a supported authentication mechanism.
Who is moving away from passcodes? AFAIK, all major smartphone operating systems support passcode authentication.
Folks tried to say the same thing when fingerprint readers were integrated on smartphones, and here we are, still able to use passcodes...