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Fingerprints aren't passwords. They also aren't usernames. They're fingerprints, and they have different characteristics from both usernames and passwords.

Rather than try to shoehorn fingerprints into our existing terminology, let's look at what fingerprints can do and what implications they provide, and then use them accordingly. The article sadly fails to do this.



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