Re:Samsung: Anyone's thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone
by mantap on Friday October 18, 2019 @06:21AM
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I have an iPhone (fingerprints) and Android phone (password only). My adversary: my jealous girlfriend.
I found it functionally impossible to secure the android against my girlfriend as she could watch me enter any code or password multiple times.
She was not able to get into the iPhone, because the biometrics prevented her from being able to view the passcode being entered.
Summary: biometrics are a reasonable substitute for a trusting relationship. :)
Re:Samsung: Anyone's thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone
by perl4ever on Friday October 18, 2019 @07:16AM
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Don't you ever find that the fingerprint recognition fails? And in that case, can't you use your passcode? If not, then you're locked out.
Re:Samsung: Anyone's thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone
by mantap on Friday October 18, 2019 @11:21PM
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It fails very rarely mostly if my hand is wet. Yes you can use the passcode and you are required to enter the passcode at lease once a week by design. But opportunity for shoulder surfing is reduced by a factor of hundreds since I probably unlock my phone 100 times a day.
The applications I'm familiar with, the password takes precedence. It doesn't require password and fingerprint.
The thing is, if you add an extra factor, either you are required to use all of them, in which case it increases the risk of being wrongly locked out, or you are required to use any of them, in which case it increases the risk of the wrong person getting in.