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Somewhere here on HN I read that fingerprints are not passwords but user ids. So your fingerprint authenticates you to provide your password. Right now implem
by xlayn 11y ago
Somewhere here on HN I read that fingerprints are not passwords but user ids.
So your fingerprint authenticates you to provide your password.
Right now implementations are for fingerprints as passwords.
- pshc 11y ago"Authenticates you to provide your password" meaning...?
- xlayn 11y agoThe biometric reading is your user id, once the biometric reading process has been performed and the user determined the logon process would ask for the password corresponding to that user id.
- pshc 11y agoI don't expect or want to type in my username every time I unlock my phone. Nor my secure alphanumeric password. Usernames are easy to guess or find out, so in that scenario, the fingerprint scanner would go to waste unless you used a weird username.