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>>robin_+(OP)
> Natanson said she does not use biometrics for her devices, but after investigators told her to try, “when she applied her index finger to the fingerprint reader, the laptop unlocked.”

Curious.

>>macint+c4
Why is this curious?

>>ezfe+Gf
There appear to be a relatively few possibilities.

* The reporter lied.

* The reporter forgot.

* Apple devices share fingerprint matching details and another device had her details (this is supposed to be impossible, and I have no reason to believe it isn't).

* The government hacked the computer such that it would unlock this way (probably impossible as well).

* The fingerprint security is much worse than years of evidence suggests.

Mainly it was buried at the very end of the article, and I thought it worth mentioning here in case people missed it.

>>macint+5w
My opinion is that she set it up, it didn't work at first, she didn't use it, forgot that it existed, and here we are.

> Apple devices share fingerprint matching details and another device had her details

I looked into it quite seriously for windows thinkpads, unless Apple do it differently, you cannot share fingerprint, they're in a local chip and never move.