readbeanicecream@kbin.social to Technology@kbin.social · 1 year agoAll 500-plus Whole Foods stores will soon let you pay with a palm scanwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkAll 500-plus Whole Foods stores will soon let you pay with a palm scanwww.theverge.comreadbeanicecream@kbin.social to Technology@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHeresy_generator@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoWhat a privacy and security nightmare for so little gain of convenience. People must be out of their damn minds.
minus-square😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoTon of people already give up any hopes of privacy & security by using biometrics on the phone. As a side PSA: in the U.S., law enforcement can use your biometrics to get into your phone without a warrant. A PIN is protected.
minus-squareJelloBrains@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoWell your PSA may be wrong in some places now, The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that compelled passcodes don’t violate the 5th Amendment. Source
minus-square😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSwell. At least you could protect your phone if willing to sit in jail on contempt charges vs. instant open with Face ID.
minus-squareSpaceToast@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoPSA part 2, on the iPhone you can hold down power and volume up for a few seconds to force lock the phone and require a passcode to unlock.
minus-square😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoAndroid wins again… Single push on power button brings up the option. Fuck Apple.
minus-squareSpaceToast@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSo you have to press the power button and then select the lock option? That seems like more work than just holding down 2 buttons, which can be done discreetly.
What a privacy and security nightmare for so little gain of convenience. People must be out of their damn minds.
Ton of people already give up any hopes of privacy & security by using biometrics on the phone.
As a side PSA: in the U.S., law enforcement can use your biometrics to get into your phone without a warrant. A PIN is protected.
Well your PSA may be wrong in some places now, The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that compelled passcodes don’t violate the 5th Amendment. Source
Swell. At least you could protect your phone if willing to sit in jail on contempt charges vs. instant open with Face ID.
PSA part 2, on the iPhone you can hold down power and volume up for a few seconds to force lock the phone and require a passcode to unlock.
Android wins again… Single push on power button brings up the option. Fuck Apple.
So you have to press the power button and then select the lock option? That seems like more work than just holding down 2 buttons, which can be done discreetly.