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		kogus on May 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple, Google and Microsoft Commit to Expanded Sup... Currently on the iPhone, if your FaceID or TouchID fail repeatedly, you have the option to type in the passcode, which grants the same access. I'm not sure if the same is true on Android. I think the more general point is that "able to unlock the phone" is not / should not be the same as "I have verified that this is you" for sensitive applications and information.

michaelt on May 5, 2022 [–]

I just tested with two banks' apps. They both allow touch ID with fallback to a bank-account-specific PIN - not the phone passcode.

Of course, if you've enrolled your kid's fingerprints they'd have access.

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