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Fingerprint readers were always a joke and unreliable. Like on old IBM Thinkpads. Nobody used them, people "hacked"/fooled them easily. I was surprised that App
by drill_sarge 13y ago
Fingerprint readers were always a joke and unreliable. Like on old IBM Thinkpads. Nobody used them, people "hacked"/fooled them easily. I was surprised that Apple brought them back, probably just for convienience reasons.
- CervezaPorFavor 13y agoI'd say this is probably the first time it's done right on a popular computing device (to my knowledge). Previous fingerprint scanners always required the finger swipe gesture, which was frustratingly difficult to get right. Just like the pattern lock (or face unlock and its variations) on Android phones, the idea is to encourage users to have at least some protection. As an Android phone user, I hope to see this being adopted by the Android manufacturers (and I hope the Apple camp would shut up about people copying their idea).