[HN Gopher] TouchID no longer works after spending several hours...
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       TouchID no longer works after spending several hours sanding wood
        
       Author : ColinWright
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2025-07-26 21:26 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | metalman wrote:
       | glad I use no ID, or security for anything unless it's an
       | absolute requirement no apps, sign in with email and password(s)
       | through web pages watching the whole "security" monster eat
       | itself in not amusing, but I supose that this is just something
       | we have to go through in order to arrive at something
       | implimentable and future proof....I have my own ideas about that,
       | but they are essentialy the diametric oposite of what is bieng
       | done, so I'll amuse myself
        
       | londons_explore wrote:
       | Fingerprint sensors don't work for almost anyone who does manual
       | labour as a job.
       | 
       | Fingerprint unlock amongst some crowds is seen as the 'posh'
       | option because it means you still have soft skin from an office
       | job.
        
         | CharlesW wrote:
         | > _Fingerprint sensors don 't work for almost anyone who does
         | manual labour as a job._
         | 
         | Not to say that it doesn't happen, but most forms of manual
         | labor don't wear down, scar, callous, or otherwise alter one's
         | fingerprints enough to break it. In any case, this is why we
         | all use backup fingers and toes.
        
       | shvdle wrote:
       | TouchID? Is this guy living in 2015?
        
         | wlesieutre wrote:
         | Every laptop Apple makes still uses TouchID, as do most iPads
        
       | vunderba wrote:
       | I have an odd parallel to this. When I was younger, I was
       | simultaneously learning braille and also spending a lot of time
       | playing steel-string acoustic guitar (formerly played a nylon
       | string guitar).
       | 
       | Unsurprisingly, I found it significantly more difficult to "read"
       | braille with my left hand because the calluses from playing
       | guitar had reduced the tactile sensitivity in my fingertips.
        
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