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Should you disable Touch ID for your own security?
MacWorld ^
| May 2, 2016
| by Glenn Fleishman
Posted on 05/09/2016 12:39:28 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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To: Swordmaker
Just remember the iPhone 5C is the only one they CAN unlock without your cooperation. How long before an app exists that lets you lock the phone entirely with the wrong finger? I know the thumb or forefinger is the easier ones to use but maybe you assign the unlock to a pinky and a self destruct to the forefinger, problem solved.
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posted on
05/09/2016 4:54:57 PM PDT
by
itsahoot
(Trump is a fumble mouthed blowhard that can't finish a sentence, but he will finish a term.)
To: morphing libertarian
I would be surprised to find that by putting something in a safe, you can prevent the police from carrying out a lawful court order. I would be surprised if you could stop them even if they don't have a court order. All they have to do is cry terrorist.
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posted on
05/09/2016 4:56:50 PM PDT
by
itsahoot
(Trump is a fumble mouthed blowhard that can't finish a sentence, but he will finish a term.)
To: Swordmaker
Sand paper your finger tips. Or wash a lot. That will remove ridges. Also if your hands are sticky the finger print reader doesn’t work well. Also if you don’t place the proper finger on the pad it won’t work
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posted on
05/09/2016 5:18:34 PM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: Nifster
Sand paper your finger tips. Or wash a lot. That will remove ridges. Also if your hands are sticky the finger print reader doesn’t work well. Also if you don’t place the proper finger on the pad it won’t work The Apple TouchID doesn't read the fingerprint. It reads the subcutaneous hills and valleys of the fat layer underneath the fingerprint. That's why a printed fingerprint won't work on the Apple devices with TouchID.
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posted on
05/09/2016 5:49:42 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue..)
To: itsahoot
There are many reasons to look in a safe and you don’t just have to cry terrorist. The FBI has been doing this on white collar crimes for years.
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
I was thinking that. Or just have tom cruise lift it with some scotch tape. :)
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posted on
05/09/2016 7:50:50 PM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: 21twelve
Wait - you used Siri to call 911 just because your iPhone broke?! Not me. Kid was in an accident and the iPhone was so wrecked the screen wasn't even attached any more and in fact was shattered and the antenna was hanging by a wire. He was actually able to call home using Siri to tell his family he was in the ER by saying "Hey Siri, call home!" It did.
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posted on
05/09/2016 11:55:44 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue..)
To: rktman
Or...just grow a new finger from a piece of dna?
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