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A comment on Fingerprints Are Usernames, Not Passwords (2013). Parent comment

Re:Fingerprints Are Usernames, Not Passwords (2013) by chrismcb on Friday October 24, 2014 @12:37AM (#8502164)
And you don't think your children will try to hack your fingerprint with a gummy bear? A fingerprint makes a poor password and even a worse ysername. So much for asking your spouse to log in and check something for you
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Re:Fingerprints Are Usernames, Not Passwords (2013) by Karunamon on Friday October 24, 2014 @10:33AM (#8503835)
Won't work with TouchID - reads the blood vessels in addition to the prints.
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