I doubt Apple will allow jailbroken iPhone's with a fingerprint scanners to roam free. I see Apple becoming more aggressive with the fight against jail-breakers. Like mandatory upgrades in order to access the app store or Apple services. I can easily see someone writing an App that snoops in the area that holds you fingerprint data. Expect Apple to have no mercy!!!
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Expect mandatory upgrades if iPhone 5s is jailbroken.
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It doesn't store the actual fingerprint images. Plus, what could someone do with that data even if they found it?
Starting with the iPhone 3Gs, the internal NAND is hardware encrypted. The encryption key is stored in a similar way as the fingerprint data. iOS itself is unable to access this encryption key and the fingerprint data. Even on jailbroken devices, it is not possible to access the encryption key.
Uhh...did you watch the video in your link?
It's drawing a perfect imagine of the finger print. Then they are going on about high quality imagines it takes...
And them talking about the high quality imagine it takes that's better then the human eye can see?
Nonsense.
Apple will not allow jb iPhones with fingerprint sensors to roam free in the wild?
Where did you come up with this?
Jb will live forever.
Unless you really believe anyone can stop hacking forever.
There's always going to be glitches in the code that some will be able to expose.
Nonsense.
Apple will not allow jb iPhones with fingerprint sensors to roam free in the wild?
Where did you come up with this?
Jb will live forever.
Unless you really believe anyone can stop hacking forever.
There's always going to be glitches in the code that some will be able to expose.
This.
And if there was "mandatory upgrades" to iOS, there'll be a hack to disable it just as quick as there's a jailbreak.
From what I can tell, the fingerprint chip is completely separate from the system memory/processor. This means that it handles the fingerprint learning and authentication, and just sends a simple pass/fail message to the main processor. This keeps the fingerprint data completely separate and isolated from the internet, and system memory. On top of all that, it's encrypted. I'd have to see more detailed schematics, but it should be theoretically impossible to hack out a fingerprint.
The image is only seen by the Touch ID sensor. The sensor's own chip processes it into fingerprint data which is then stored only in the A7. The fingerprint image never leaves the Touch ID sensor and is not accessible to anything but the Touch ID sensor. Once the fingerprint data is moved to the A7, the image is removed.
But seriously, the 5S may even be jailbroken even sooner than the 5 was considering the overhaul of iOS 7.
Yes but if you're already jb then the OTA update feature gets disabled anyway
And even if it wasn't disabled the OTA will just error out and won't install over a jb device. That's something that apple put in place and kinda good for us that jb
Yes but if you're already jb then the OTA update feature gets disabled anyway
And even if it wasn't disabled the OTA will just error out and won't install over a jb device. That's something that apple put in place and kinda good for us that jb
Apple could reengineer the OTA process to force an OTA or iTunes restore. Then there's the possibility that the iPhone 5C/5s will never be jailbroken
I hear you.
But once jb hopefully we will be able to disable that feature again
But I'm getting too far ahead, lets see how things go with the iOS 7 jb first and really hoping for a 5S jb.
I'd probably upgrade to it when there's a jb or I'm sticking to my i5 till then.
Jailbreaks show a security weakness that could be exploited to unethical means. It also poses a way to remove a device from Apple's complete control and it throws in unexpected variables that are later blamed on Apple, while Apple is not at fault because they were never expected or planned for.
It's also possible that TouchID could be completely disabled on a jailbroken device... similar to how some Android devices can't use NFC Payments when rooted, due to the 'Secure Element' determining that the device is rooted. Keep in mind that there is a by-pass for some devices to by-pass that secure element check....
I guess we'll just have to see what happens!
I guess we'll just have to see what happens!
It's also possible that TouchID could be completely disabled on a jailbroken device... similar to how some Android devices can't use NFC Payments when rooted, due to the 'Secure Element' determining that the device is rooted. Keep in mind that there is a by-pass for some devices to by-pass that secure element check....
I guess we'll just have to see what happens!
Very Good point.
We won't know details until the 5S is out and the jb devs get their hands on it.
imagine a jailbreak just by using the fingerprint scanner.
I know it won't happen, but think of the Jailbreakme days and what that allowed us to do.
I know it won't happen, but think of the Jailbreakme days and what that allowed us to do.