Except that the sensor in the Atrix didn't work very well. As for Samsung, they can say they're working on whatever they want to, but until we see it, Apple's ahead of them there. They acquired Authentic, so Samsung would have to use a different method not infringing on any patents they used.
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Chaos Computer Club Bypasses Apple's Touch ID System (With Copy of Original Fingerprint)
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Except that the sensor in the Atrix didn't work very well. As for Samsung, they can say they're working on whatever they want to, but until we see it, Apple's ahead of them there. They acquired Authentic, so Samsung would have to use a different method not infringing on any patents they used.
Even if this is legit it still wouldn't keep me from using it. You are much more likely to have your credit card number stolen than have someone take a 1200 dpi photo of your print to hack into your phone. I don't think apple ever claimed it was full proof. That's why they make you enter a passcode as a back up.
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If someone gets a 2400 dpi photo of my finger, I've got bigger issues then them getting into my iPhone
The whole point of this Touch ID was that it would increase security. If it really has been hacked by a fairly common technique then this is certainly a failure on Apple's part and damages their image.
Show me the video where they use a different person's finger instead of the same one who has his fingerprint already on the phone to unlock it. I think the sensor is reading through the latex image and reading his original print.
No, every finger has different prints. Using a different finger on the same hand is as different as using a different finger on a different person's hand. Why else do you think you have to register each finger individually?
Honestly, people these days lack even basic knowledge of the topic they talk about...
That's actually not true.
For each incorrect guess iOS makes you wait longer to input the next guess. It's effectively impossible to brute force.
But yeah, this is kind of silly. If I took a photo of your house keys I could also manufacture a copy and then break in. But how often does this actually happen?
My dear, what you do think was the purpose of putting that thin sheet containing the fingerprint fake on somebody's finger? Maybe because that way it acts more like a real finger, well because it is a real finger, just with a thin layer on the finger.
Tech press and internet trolls learn that fingerprints can be faked. Thanks to Apple for furthering their education. Much like Apple showed the world that glass can shatter when dropped onto a hard surface. What all wouldn't we know if Apple hadn't incentivised the tech press and internet trolls to try it out.
Even if this is true, all you have to do is turn off the fingerprint authentication and your back to the same old password thing that every other phone uses.
So this is really nothing at all. You can be sure the press will have a feeding frenzy with it though. Vultures that they are.
I don't get it.
Isn't it just easier to use a PIN-punching robot instead of messing with fingerprints???
Isn't it just easier to use a PIN-punching robot instead of messing with fingerprints???
Yawwwn!
Big deal. If you're going to go to that much trouble, you may as well rob a bank
Big deal. If you're going to go to that much trouble, you may as well rob a bank
Show me the video where they use a different person's finger instead of the same one who has his fingerprint already on the phone to unlock it. I think the sensor is reading through the latex image and reading his original print.
Have you ever looked at your fingers? They all have different prints.
Or do you think the sensor read through the fake fingerprint, through his middle finger, though his hand, to the attached index finger, and read that print?
Touch ID is still a lot better than a 4 digit passcode and a Million times better than no passcode.
No one with who has a life is going to use type complex passwords into their phones everytime they want to unlock.
Actually, if we're talking about theoretical possibilities someone can also point a long zoom lens camera on you while you type your password and get it that way.
No one with who has a life is going to use type complex passwords into their phones everytime they want to unlock.
Actually, if we're talking about theoretical possibilities someone can also point a long zoom lens camera on you while you type your password and get it that way.
Living Tissue Not Required!
I can confirm this, I trained my 5s using my living thumb tissue. Then I cut off my thumb and tried unlocking my phone with it and it TOTALLY WORKED.
As a side note, the phone app went a little squirrelly when I was trying to dial 911 with blood all over the screen, but it eventually worked too!
I can confirm this, I trained my 5s using my living thumb tissue. Then I cut off my thumb and tried unlocking my phone with it and it TOTALLY WORKED.
As a side note, the phone app went a little squirrelly when I was trying to dial 911 with blood all over the screen, but it eventually worked too!
They should have used voice biometrics instead with Siri, doesn't require additional hardware, doesn't need a specific pass phrase (passive biometrics), and it can even do liveness testing, i.e. ensuring the voice is not a recording.
But ideally, I think Apple should include multiple biometrics - finger, voice, and perhaps even biorhythms.
But ideally, I think Apple should include multiple biometrics - finger, voice, and perhaps even biorhythms.
And CNN could be just making up wars to get more viewers.
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You mean anything you have not faked yourself, you don't believe?
There is no way to disable Activation Lock using your fingerprint.
This is useless to thieves. And it's a LOT of trouble to go to in order to gain access to someone's Facebook account.
This is useless to thieves. And it's a LOT of trouble to go to in order to gain access to someone's Facebook account.
So what is the point? that's how optical recognition works, principally.
The question should be that if the perpetrator is cunning and smart enough to lift my fingerprints off the subject I have touched in order to gain access to my phone, then he deserves all the credit for using low tech espionage techniques.
I then should hand him my phone as a gift. If my family members use such method on me, I would dis-own them.
The question should be that if the perpetrator is cunning and smart enough to lift my fingerprints off the subject I have touched in order to gain access to my phone, then he deserves all the credit for using low tech espionage techniques.
I then should hand him my phone as a gift. If my family members use such method on me, I would dis-own them.
It was also convenience. If it offers the same level of security with more convenience it could work. The issue with the pass codes is that someone can tell from the fingerprints what 4 buttons you press most often. That reduces a 1-in-10,000 chance to 1-in-24.
In any case, maybe this is why Apple didn't roll out Touch ID for non-Apple applications.
Okay...down boy. Yes I did know that. The problem was I wasn't paying enough attention to the video to notice he used a different finger. Yes it is my mistake. But thanks for your last sentence impugning my intelligence, do you feel empowered?