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tambourine_manlast Wednesday at 4:16 PM6 repliesview on HN

The death of Touch ID. Also huge.


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asdfflast Wednesday at 8:16 PM

Nothing like grabbing your phone by the button in your pocket and having it unlocked and open before you even lay eyes on it. As fast as they advertise faceid being it will never beat the fact you can engage touchid as soon as you lay a finger on the phone.

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wpmlast Wednesday at 4:24 PM

Yup, sad news.

Anyone who disagrees should try teaching an older relative with less than youthful fine motor control how to use a FaceID equipped iPhone.

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switch007last Wednesday at 5:03 PM

I occasionally use my iPhone 8 Plus and don't immediately remember why it feels so nice to use. Then I remember it's the touch ID button

walterbelllast Wednesday at 4:59 PM

Touch ID is on the power button of iPad Air. Hopefully it will return on iPhone Air.

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torstenvllast Thursday at 1:53 AM

Agreed. FaceID is fundamentally less secure than TouchID. This is just gross.

jamespolast Wednesday at 5:00 PM

No touch to unlock is one of the main things keeping me on Android