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Another good point is that biometrics aren’t secure. They invest millions and billions in fingerprint and eye scanner systems that get fooled by scotch tape. Ju
by seibelj 7y ago
Another good point is that biometrics aren’t secure. They invest millions and billions in fingerprint and eye scanner systems that get fooled by scotch tape. Just not effective security.
- rhinoceraptor 7y agoIt's better than no security. Most people aren't going to use a secure pin code on their phone.
- pshc 7y agoExactly. I have accidentally witnessed so many 4-digit PINs typed into phones by friends and casual acquaintances. It’s kind of unavoidable if you spend any reasonable amount of time in person with them. Very few people in my experience go the extra mile to set a long fulltext passphrase on their phone.
- anoncake 7y agoIt's effective against nosy people which is probably the main threat for most people.
- saagarjha 7y agoDepends on the device.
- lstodd 7y agoIt doesn't.