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Comment by tristanj

The issues raised in the article may explain why Apple just added the ability to passcode-lock your device by pressing the power button 5 times.

Though people have been raising similar issues about biometric identification for years. See this article from back when TouchID was released 2013, titled Fingerprints are Usernames, not Passwords. http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2013/10/fingerprints-are-user...

parent tristanj 9 years ago

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