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#2658
There are 2 major problems with the fingerprint unlock that I see;

1.) I've got a plastic "skin" cover on my device which has a hole throuhg to access the power button. For some reason the case affects the finger just so that fingerprint scanning is very erratic. Without the case it works well enough.

2.) The more important thing is the fact that fingerprint is not a password, fingerprint is an user ID.
I'd be very confident using fingerprint in a multiuser environment to identify myself, but never in a million years to authenticate myself.

These two basic security concepts get confused all the time. No wonder people get hacked...

Last edited by juiceme; 2018-07-12 at 11:29. Reason: fix wording
 

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