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_>Because we don't touch 20000 other objects every day from where someone can pick our fingertips from?_ We're less likely to lose one of those objects at the
by GrinningFool 9y ago
_>Because we don't touch 20000 other objects every day from where someone can pick our fingertips from?_
We're less likely to lose one of those objects at the same place and time we leave our phone somewhere. It's comparable to leaving your keys in your car. Sure, someone could find those keys where you lost them and then find your car - but is sure is easier for them when they're both in the same place.
- joesb 9y ago> We're less likely to lose one of those objects at the same place and time we leave our phone somewhere. I think it's very likely that you touch something at the place where you left you phone, assuming that it wasn't dropped while you were moving.
- oneweekwonder 9y agoor good old tactics wonderfully illustrated in the xkcd: Security[0] cartoon. [0]: https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/
- seandougall 9y agoBut you usually don’t draw a circle around the relevant print and leave a note saying “use this one to unlock my phone” (unlike the Touch ID sensor).