Thread: Woodworking and the struggle of bio-metric security.

Use your nose!! As i'd be seriously concerned about your mental health if that got damaged from 1. A sardine can, 2. A table saw 3. A number 4 plane.

I get small cracks in my finger tips and then dirt in the cracks especially when metal working. Rescanning is a PITA because the cracks change every few days so I have given up on using this feature on my phone.

The newer devices seem to be more forgiving. My old iPad is hopeless at reading my thumb, but my iPhone 7 rarely fails. If you want to eliminate the problem, get a device with facial recognition like the iPhone X. Unless you keep injuring your face too!

I don't have to deal with the 'Security Noids' from corporate. Although the scanner is on my laptop, I've never enabled it. My solution is to never leave credit card numbers on the laptop and any other important keys on the laptop. Yahoo does make life difficult for me with their 'text to your phone' process of authentication.

Thanks for the responses and suggestions, though I think wiping my nose across my phone and laptop will invite rude commentary directed at me by onlookers.

BobL, your predicament seems worse than mine as it sounds like your apparent fingerprints would change frequently. [emoji853]

I should point out that I do love having biometric security at my fingertips. The intersection of strong authentication and ease of use that it offers is appreciated.

Now if i could only keep my fingers in a more consistent state over time.

woodworking, metal working, blacksmithing. most things I do seem to run into problems come Monday for unlocking the phone. so have resorted to registering two different fingers or just remembering the 8 digit code that the work phone requires.