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submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I mean that I don't know what part of my comment is "not true". I welcome corrections, I just don't see what is being corrected here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It doesn't send a yes/no signal it sends the fingerprint to be compared to the stored one

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The app gets either the onAuthenticationSucceeded or onAuthenticationFailed callback. It doesn't get the fingerprint.

Edit: I think we are misunderstanding each other, I'm saying that apps never see the fingerprint. The OS does, depending on the device.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I think we are misunderstanding each other

Exactly