alt Hacker NewsAt least it was the finger print scanner and not your finger that needs replacing. Biometrics as an EXTRA layer of security, on SHARED devices, makes sense. As a convenient replacement for passwords, on a personal device, net negative.
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ThisNameIsTaken • yesterday at 8:52 PM
So far, my thumb has been worse of now that I'm back to the pattern swipe unlock.
umanwizard • yesterday at 6:00 PM
Please explain how my life has been made worse in any concrete way since the introduction of FaceID.
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This is completely out of touch with the reality of the average user. The main causes of account theft continue to be phishing and data breaches which are easily exploited because most people reuse their passwords and will never stop doing so to use a password manager. Biometric passkeys are probably the only viable way to improve the situation.