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Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now
(theintercept.com)
this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2026
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Biometrics for phones were always a security risk.
Every security measure is vulnerable to the wrench method. But at least with passwords you have to make the decision to say it out loud. With biometrics, it can just be unlocked while you sleep.
The only security advantage is that with passwords you can just look at/film the screen. But you'd need very high res images of your fingerprint + advanced 3d printing.