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Is there any theoretical limit to stupidity? (Android permission auto-revoke)

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Le_Bassiste:

--- Quote from: IanB on February 14, 2022, 10:19:21 pm ---... Biometric security is extremely dangerous if you have no way to recover a forgotten password. ...

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or, a cut-off finger or popped-out eyeball, for that matter.

SiliconWizard:
Indeed =)
Actually, I use fingerprint on my phone because it's convenient AND I don't hold any critical information in it. I find having to enter a password every 3 days very annoying, for 2 reasons: entering passwords on a "small" touchscreen is very shitty, and you can't set the time period as I said, and it can also happen at the worst moment when you need to make a quick call, or something.

But on a computer with a normal keyboard, I have no problem with passwords and would rather avoid biometric stuff.

PlainName:

--- Quote ---I find having to enter a password every 3 days very annoying
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Can't you enter a pattern instead?

Fredderic:

--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on March 05, 2022, 01:06:48 am ---
--- Quote ---I find having to enter a password every 3 days very annoying
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Can't you enter a pattern instead?

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Those patterns are horrible.  Never use them.  It's usually trivial to observe the pattern in fingerprint smudges — especially if you unlock the phone and immediately hand it to someone to use supervised (a very common case), as they can trivially note the sequence and then if they get their hands on it later unsupervised...  Numeric codes are a little better, though not much (distinct button presses are a little harder to observe).

That said, I remember my pin codes by pattern, not by the digits.

PlainName:
I use a pattern on mine and even knowing what it is I can't see it in the smudges. But I don't use a screen protector, so perhaps they show a better record.

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