Reply to post: Adding fingerprint to PIN-protected device brings a vulnerability

Lenovo's craptastic fingerprint scanner has a hardcoded password

Jin

Adding fingerprint to PIN-protected device brings a vulnerability

Don’t forget that biometrics with a fallback password comes with a security lower than a password authentication Two entrances placed in parallel provide nice convenience to criminals.

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