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Re:Breaking Into Android Phones with a 3D-Printed Head by MBCook on Sunday December 16, 2018 @09:40PM (#18696559)
The big problem with this approach is the password. You need some sort of password on the watch to make it secure.

Now where is it going to be easier to enter a good, secure, password? A six inch phone? Or on a tiny watch screen?

It would be nice if my watch could unlock my phone I guess. But I have a hard time seeing how it would be more secure than the reverse that’s currently true.

At least until we get “WristID” that uses the pattern of blood vessels under where my watch sits on my wrist.

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Re:Breaking Into Android Phones with a 3D-Printed Head by gpm on Sunday December 16, 2018 @11:20PM (#18696875)
Good point. Have the phone password unlock the watch as well.

Basically the workflow could be "type password into phone after putting on watch, to unlock, then things just work until you take off the watch".

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