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Old 09-19-2013, 10:07 AM   #128
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Originally Posted by Sil_liS View Post
Well the other poster never said that the author of the article only set up one print but you replied with "the finger he set up".
Try reading it again:

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Originally Posted by elemenoP View Post
HIS TOE? Does the writer mean that he set it up to recognize his toe? Or does he mean that the scanner couldn't distinguish between a finger and a toe? Several reviews are saying how great the recognition is, because it never rejects your fingerprint. Really, has anyone handed the phone off to another person, to see if THEIR fingerprint unlocks it?
The answers, of course, are no on the first part and yes on the second. The scanner can distinguish between a finger and toe because each has to be set up separately. In the review he linked to and in many others it is mentioned that other fingerprints not set up do not unlock it.


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Originally Posted by Sil_liS View Post
But you go bold caps lock if people express their opinion on phone features that they don't have to use?
It being an optional feature is not opinion. That is a fact. My opinion is that that fact doesn't seem to be sinking in. Since people are misreading things all over this thread, the bold caps makes the point clear. Again, if you don't like it, you can follow your own advice and not read it.

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Originally Posted by Sil_liS View Post
In other posts, not the one that you quoted because there I was commenting on holymadness' choices in analogies, I was saying that I don't think that the fingerprint unlocking is a desirable feature to people who don't want to use passwords on the current generations of devices because it still requires a password.
And holymadness, myself, and every review I have read disagree with you for reasons that have been well covered at this point. You are entitled to your opinion. But I believe the only way it will hold true and the scanner won't convince more people to use security would be if it doesn't work as well as Apple claims. That remains to be seen. Will it be convenient enough to convince everybody to use it? Of course not. But it will be more convenient and more secure than than current methods.

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