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Don’t try to argue that on-device biometrics are a foolproof solution to this. Even at it’s best you can unlock a device from a sleeping (or drunk or naive) use

• jackson1442 3y ago
  From the parent I responded to, emphasis mine: > The criticism is based on the idea that most non-techie folks are unlikely to use a strong PIN _and are unlikely to set up strong biometrics._ On-device biometrics are typically _also_ used to unlock the device password manager, so my other remarks still apply. I bet a sizeable portion of the HN crowd also uses biometrics to unlock their well-configured password managers on their phone. At least, that's what I personally do. Entering my very strong vault password every [lock duration] on a touch keyboard is already irritating enough; I'd rather just look at my phone to unlock my passwords when I need to use autofill.