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No Google, Adding Biometrics is the Opposite of Security and Privacy (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 day ago by CubitOom@infosec.pub to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I'm on a relatively boring android phone and biometrics are only available in circumstances where it's already vaguely confident it's you.
Miss the fingerprint reader by too much? It's now a pin unlock. Haven't used pin recently enough? No biometrics.

It's pretty far from being replaced, considering I seem to need to use the pin on the lock screen several times a day at least.