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iPhone 5S fingerprint system easy to fool
Carol Haynes:
My prediction for the next "security" feature is that we'll see "retina scans" or something else with the same results.
-Renegade (September 23, 2013, 09:37 AM)
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Yes - either that or class actions for laser burns and blindness! Bad enough when an optician shines things in your eye - don't want tech companies poking about!
wraith808:
Anyone who thought that this was a security measure must be the same people that rely on the 4-digit pin on their iPhone. It's a deterrent, nothing more. And anyone who thinks anything otherwise should expect a world of pain when they are disabused of that notion.
mwb1100:
It's a deterrent, nothing more.
-wraith808 (September 23, 2013, 02:12 PM)
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I agree. The intended use of the PIN or the fingerprint scan is to make it so your kids or someone who finds (or steals) your phone will be unlikely to just use it for free calls or readily grab stuff from the device.
One could say that it's just as easy to make an imprint of a door key in clay to use as a template for making duplicate as evidence that door keys have been broken. Even though that's true, most burglars won't even bother with that amount of trouble or subtlety. That doesn't mean door keys are completely useless, just that they're not a complete security solution.
Deozaan:
One could say that it's just as easy to make an imprint of a door key in clay to use as a template for making duplicate as evidence that door keys have been broken. Even though that's true, most burglars won't even bother with that amount of trouble or subtlety. That doesn't mean door keys are completely useless, just that they're not a complete security solution.-mwb1100 (September 23, 2013, 03:42 PM)
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One difference is that you don't leave little imprints of your key everywhere you go like you leave your fingerprints on everything you touch.
Stoic Joker:
From the Gizmodo comments: http://kotaku.com/lock-your-new-iphone-with-nipples-apparently-1360743607
Ya just gotta love the Japanese.
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