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Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone (gizmodo.com)
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[–] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 74 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's frustrating to no end that fingerprints and face ID are treated like passwords when they should be treated like usernames.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

That makes a lot of sense !

[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

They make sense as a 2FA. It would be really cool if I could require either PIN+fingerprint or a long recovery password.