Thumbs up for iPhone

This week I upgraded my phone to iOS 10 and it pushed me into setting up the fingerprint identification system. I resisted that with the older OS, where it was simply an option; I continued to just swipe to get in. But now, it seems, my only choices are an ID by fingerprint or entering a six-digit passcode. Fingerprints seemed to be the lesser of two evils.

Let me save you a few days of bother. Set it up so one of your fingerprints is a thumb.

I didn't, at first. But after a day or two, I found that using an index finger was awkward and inconvenient. But then, realizing that my thumb also had a print, and noticing that I usually had my thumb on the home button anyway ...

It works. Awkwardness solved (although it sometimes still demands my passcode instead.)