Is it safe to disable simplepass from startup?

it only asks to swipe after a crash.
so if i were to disable it, does that mean i wouldn't be able to log in after a crash, or it would bypass it completely?

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Still applies -- If you have disabled the password login and that login method fails, you may be stuck.
How stuck depends on which Operating System you are running - how well you know the system, your skill set, how close you are to help.
You need a viable login method that does not fail or an alternate system on which you can count when one method fails.
This does not mean you must use the fingerprint scanner -- it means you must have a reliable means of getting into the computer and that you do not outsmart yourself if the method you use fails.  Bypassing the password and switching off the scanner and not having another account available with a password that you can use in an emergency might be tempting fate.  If you know how get into the system on the cmd line, create an account using cmd line, set the account type, then log into the system, fix the login setup, you are OK.
I am not trying to be rude -- I am being realistic.  We have seen it.  Folks do not want to type in a password, do not want to use the scanner, do not want to use a picture password -- they want it to be easy -- and Poof!  It falls apart and the system locks up.
The easier solution might be to create an extra admin privleged account, a local account, that you do not use -- keep it around with a nice password that you keep in a secure place -- and then do whatever you want with your current account.  Disable the SimplePass, remove it, don't use a password -- whatever.  Just do not leave yourself in a situation where you do not know enough to save yourself if it breaks. 
It is not going to break at 3:30 in the afternoon on a Tuesday.  It is going to break in the middle of the night when everything else has already gone wrong that day and your stock market is in the toilet.
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People who have lost their data
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Use OneDrive if you cannot stand to make backups.  Do "something".
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