All cheap smartphones have a fingerprint sensor but all laptops dont have one. Is it because of security concerns or spacing reasons?

  • SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Right. Fingerprint is something you are. Can’t be changed. Same for any biometric.

    Useful as one part of a multiple factor authentication scheme at best but never on its own. Not to mention there are cases in the US where you can be compelled, forcibly if needed, to unlock a phone. But compelling you to “say” what your password may be covered under fifth amendment protections.

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      6 months ago

      Not to mention it’s very unlikely that you have secrets on the phone as valuable as your thumb.

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      6 months ago

      This is why I only use biometrics for website passwords and the App Store on my Apple devices. To unlock requires a password, which cannot be forced (though at least one judge kept a man in jail for contempt of court for not unlocking a device, which should be illegal under the fifth imo).