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Re:Fingerprints Are Usernames, Not Passwords (2013) by skierscott on Thursday October 23, 2014 @12:01PM (#8498875)
Touch ID only works for a minute or two after your finger is cut off. Touch ID reads the blood vessels, not the fingerprint, meaning it only works for a minute or two after the finger is cut off.
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Re:Fingerprints Are Usernames, Not Passwords (2013) by gknoy on Thursday October 23, 2014 @12:05PM (#8498897)
I'm not really interested in being the one on whom someone learns that, though.
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Re:Fingerprints Are Usernames, Not Passwords (2013) by seunosewa on Thursday October 23, 2014 @03:14PM (#8500122)
Very few thieves would go that far, and they would almost certainly give you an opportunity to unlock the phone for them instead. Most people would take that opportunity.
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Re:Fingerprints Are Usernames, Not Passwords (2013) by TheSoftwareGuy on Thursday October 23, 2014 @03:26PM (#8500199)
Exactly. It doesn't matter how strong your password is when there is a gun in your face.
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Re:Fingerprints Are Usernames, Not Passwords (2013) by jenscow on Friday October 24, 2014 @05:05AM (#8502783)
Ideally, you will have one that is easy to remember.
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Re:Fingerprints Are Usernames, Not Passwords (2013) by dmd on Thursday October 23, 2014 @02:50PM (#8499983)
Er, that's just not true, as proven over and over by people fooling Touch ID with images of a fingerprint.
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