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stealing it and having an exploit to unlock it

• 1oooqooq 2y ago
  Wonder how long until people get desperate enough to steal phones and the owner's thumb...
  • Mashimo 2y ago
    Easier to force them to unlock it then and there. Less bloody.
    • consp 2y ago
      On my phone it requires a new fingerprint validation on transaction. So still bloody. Depending on the fingerprint scanner "no blood present" might also not work.
      • Mashimo 2y ago
        Yeah, that is what I mean. Force the transaction right then and there.
  • agos 2y ago
    this has been fantasized about since the first widely available smartphones with fingerprint sensors, and to date the number of cut fingers has kept pretty low
    • 1oooqooq 2y ago
      Way before that. Recall comic books showing a future where criminals mug people on the street and remove their "money chip" from the victims torso. It's a common dystopian trope. But so far, stolen phones are already enough to pay your rent. Wonder when it won't, but the wallet inside would buy you something even nicer.
  • bugtodiffer 2y ago
    Its rare af