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		druidsbane on Oct 20, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stripe – Apple Pay One day they'll probably let you enter your user id and password to get it started then scan your fingerprint on a device to confirm. Why not?

skinnybatch on Oct 21, 2014 [–]

my only issue with this has to do with the occasional lapse in recognition of the touch ID. if it can't read your fingerprint several times, it asks for your password code. touch ID is of course not theft-proof, but initially it's a slightly greater obstacle than a simple numeric code.

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