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The issue is not the app getting the fingerprint data, but rather literally baiting your finger onto the reader and then switching to a Touch ID subscription pr
by jboles 8y ago
The issue is not the app getting the fingerprint data, but rather literally baiting your finger onto the reader and then switching to a Touch ID subscription prompt under your finger?
- greglindahl 8y agoI'd bet that A/B testing would easily show that they make a lot more money if the users' finger is already on the reader from a recent press.
- wool_gather 8y agoNo, I understand that, and maybe this is just a tangent, but the parent post seemed to be implying that the app was using the fingerprint itself, and I was trying to get a clarification. (And I'm honestly a little skeptical of the story.)
- madeofpalk 8y agoWatch the video. It's a scam app. There's zero actual ancestry finding going on. It's like those scamming 'anti virus' apps for iPhone. The app has zero use for the fingerprint, apart from manipulating you into subscribing to a $100/month in app purchase subscription https://vimeo.com/287737290 https://vimeo.com/287737290
- wool_gather 8y agoI see, thanks for that extra information.