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OF THE MANY improvements that have been provided with smartphones, fingerprint scanning has come in leaps and bounds.
Yet many of you might just settle for the one fingerprint when you can set up a number of them. They can come in handy if you want an easier way to unlock when your phone is on your desk or if you have one hand free.
Setting up more than one print is pretty simple, you just need to know where to look.
iOS
Simply go into Settings > Touch ID & Passcode and enter in your PIN. Going into ‘add a fingerprint’ will bring you through the same setup process as when you first set up your phone.
If you want, you can turn off Touch ID for unlocking your phone or for verifying purchases through iTunes or the App Store.
You can save up to five fingerprints though Touch ID.
Android
There going to be some differences depending on what device you’re using, but fingerprint scanning is usually found under Security if it doesn’t have its own section.
Android Marshmallow now includes fingerprint scanning as standard and only allows you to set them up. You can decide whether to allow them for app purchases or not, but you will have to turn it on/off in Google Play itself.
Depending on the device you have, the fingerprint limit will vary. Marshmallow allows up to five fingerprints to be saved while Samsung allows up to four.
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Anyone who has a smartphone would already know how to add more finger prints to it, we aren’t thick. Some of these “how to” sponsored articles are just pathetic.
Someone who spends 600€ on a phone and doesn’t even have a ging through settings to see what it can do has a problem
Where can u buy these fingerprinty things?
They come free with people.
I used my toeprint on my iPhone.
Totally secure, just a bit moist on the screen at the end of a long day.
Isn’t it amazing how much information we are willing to give away about ourselves under the guise of making technology more secure.
True. For example in your comment I already know your name and I have yet to click on it.
Good point, however your fingerprints are unique, name not so much.
What could Apple do with my fingerprints? I leave them everywhere for gods sake. I’ll even send you a signed copy if you like
Apple don’t even get your fingerprints.
First off, it’s not your actual fingerprint that TouchID uses, or even a picture of it. It’s a mathematical string that gets generated based on reading aspects of your fingerprint. Your actual fingerprint can’t be reverse engineered from this. Secondly, The Touch ID code that gets generated stays encrypted on the device, separated even from other apps. It doesn’t get sent to Apple or even stored in any backups. It’s only the fact that your finger generates the same mathematical code each time that allows authentication, and it’s only the fact of authentication that gets passed on to the Apple to allow you to purchase from the App and iTunes stores.
Are u for real
Tip: if you find that your Touch ID doesn’t always work (often an issue if you have dirty hands, or small scratches on your fingerprints, from DIY/manual work, etc), try adding the finger you use a few times in the settings – it gives the phone a bigger “database” to work from, and your finger is more likely to be recognised.
All data is just a series of zeros and ones? Nothing is safe digitally?
Duh! When you set up your iPhone from new it asks you to set up your fingerprint..Lazy story
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