Michael Tsai on Twitter: "@rosyna Agreed. Certainly seems like something that could work on a MacBook or iMac."

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Rosyna Keller ‏@rosyna 15 Oct 2015

Sigh, @thurrott et al that want TouchID on Macs *completely* miss the point of TouchID, which is to permit longer, stronger passcodes.
Michael Tsai ‏@mjtsai 15 Oct 2015

@rosyna Sure, but it’s still easier/faster than typing a long password.
Rosyna Keller ‏@rosyna 15 Oct 2015

@mjtsai But the way PCs use fingerprints is not secure in the least.
Michael Tsai ‏@mjtsai 15 Oct 2015

@rosyna I thought you were saying that there would be no benefit to it on the Mac. Couldn’t Apple make it secure?
Rosyna Keller ‏@rosyna 15 Oct 2015

@mjtsai When thurrott et al say it, they mean the current PC way
Rosyna Keller ‏@rosyna 15 Oct 2015

@mjtsai To secure it, it needs hardware support (like TPM or something) and the reader MUST physically be near the motherboard, not on a kb.

‏@mjtsai

@rosyna Agreed. Certainly seems like something that could work on a MacBook or iMac.

11:35 AM - 15 Oct 2015

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