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Old 06-07-19, 10:28 PM
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Do you guys find fingerprint bike locks worth it?
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Old 06-08-19, 05:38 AM
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Seeing how often my phone reverts to asking me my pin when I try to use my fingerprint to unlock it... no, they are not worth it. A key is small, and a combo is easy to remember.
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Is there a particular fingerprint lock you are interested in?

I've seen some fingerprint padlocks and fingerprint cable locks that could be snipped off with 12" bolt cutters. A bungee cord would offer about the same level of security.
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Old 06-08-19, 08:45 AM
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Seen Movies when they, the villains, sever a hand, to get access to your finger or hand print,

to enter a super secure Laboratory ?
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Old 06-09-19, 10:27 PM
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People have been able to defeat fingerprint readers by scanning and printing a fingerprint (like from something else you touched), by taking an impression of a fingerprint and turning it into a mould, etc.
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If there's any--and I mean any--moisture on my fingertip or the sensor, my iPhone fingerprint sensor fails every time. F that, fingerprint sucks.
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I would hate for the battery to die while my bike is locked up.
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Xiaomi make one "AreoX Smart Fingerprint U-lock": search in youtube or bing, cause i cannot post links yet.
And also works with one key, if no battery, fingers loss or something may happen to you....
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If your bike is worth stealing, then a lock of any sort is not going to deter a real bike thief. Putting an unlocked bike of greater value next to it might be a better idea. A battery powered angle grinder with a good cheap cut off wheel, makes quick work of any hardened steel. As can a pair of large well built, but fairly expensive bolt cutters. But then again, if one is a thief, they probably stole the bolt cutters too.

As for casual thieves not really interested in value, any lock will do. However, some thieves out there for just a joy ride will trash your bike just because it is locked.
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Originally Posted by roy.gens
Do you guys find fingerprint bike locks worth it?
no
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