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https://ionic.io/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ionic-biometric-authentication.png1600880Most apps utilizing authentication need to provide the user with ways to persist user sessions, or store sensitive values such as encryption keys, all while enabling automatic login using biometrics. There is one very common way that developers first try to implement this: show the fingerprint or face id prompt, and once the user passes […]