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pishpash
on Sept 15, 2017
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Fingerprints are usernames, not passwords (2013)
Honestly, a biometric used solely on a device in your possession is not that bad. It is not being transmitted or stored remotely, which would be worse. But it would have been better if it were not a biometric that was being left everywhere.
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