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[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 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

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

https://developer.android.com/identity/sign-in/biometric-auth#display-login-prompt

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.

[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

I think we are misunderstanding each other

Exactly