After signing the screen with a finger five times, the app can reliably distinguish the speed and pattern of the user from forgers.

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His ideal number is three kinds of finger sandwiches and three to five types of desserts.

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In their letter to President Sarkozy, laying down the priorities for the Cannes G20 Summit, David Cameron and five other heads of state put their finger on the problem: they said that confidence of citizens, businesses and markets had been damaged by a "lack of visible political will".

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Goren has identified five other situations in which people might prefer to use gestures instead of touch or finger-based commands.

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But Bryant kept the Lakers going with another five straight, including a steal of Gordon that he capped with a fast-break driving finger roll.

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