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[–] 28 points 1 year ago (13 children)

finger print scanner being on the back of the phone not under the screen. and headphone jack

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Remember folks, What you know is protected. What you are is not.

    Cops can force you to use the fingerprint scanner.

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/cops-can-force-suspect-to-unlock-phone-with-thumbprint-us-court-rules/

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Luckily you dont have to give up using the fingerprint scanner if you believe in your ability to shutdown/restart your phone before you are taken into custody (it should require the passcode again in this case).

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Going from my old pixel 5 rear-scanner to an in-screen scanner ahs been a nightmare. I have dry hands and i have gone from a <0.5s unlock to a 3-10s unlock depending how many times i need to scan or lick my finger, wipe it off then scan, or usually failing scans/giving up and typing in pincode.

    "Oh my child is doing something funny or i quickly need to gake a photo of something...aaaaand its gone". It is really fucking frustrating missing something, or even just trying to check a notification or timer quickly and having to stop and go through the whole dance of just unlocking the phone.
    Seriously considering just going back to typing the fucking pincode 50 times a day.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    What phone do you have? I have literally never had any issues with the on screen fingerprint readers on any of my samsung phones. It literally still takes less than half a second if that to unlock

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Nexus 5 had the best finger print reader i've ever used. I still miss it to this day.

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