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Possibly because they're pointless.


really? I absolutely love it on my iPhone 6!


Really. They've been demonstrated to be easy to break. You leave your impossible-to-change fingerprints (basically your permanent "password") lying around everywhere you go. I'm quite happy that android manufacturers aren't encouraging users to think that profligate "security" is a feature.

http://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2013/ccc-breaks-apple-touchid

https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/1999/08/biometrics_...




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