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chrismcb on Oct 24, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fingerprints Are Usernames, Not Passwords (2013)

And you don't think your children will try to hack your fingerprint with a gummy bear? A fingerprint makes a poor password and even a worse ysername. So much for asking your spouse to log in and check something for you

Karunamon on Oct 24, 2014 [–]

Won't work with TouchID - reads the blood vessels in addition to the prints.

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