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It's not like fingerprint sensors are all that secure. From Mythbusters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAfAVGES-Yc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAfAVGES-
by tytso 7y ago
It's not like fingerprint sensors are all that secure.
From Mythbusters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAfAVGES-Yc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAfAVGES-Yc
"Remember, according to the manufacturer says this lock has never been broken...."
Watch the whole video --- even the photocopy of the fingerprint was sufficient, which was the third (of three) attempted methods.... all of which worked.
- csours 7y agoThat was from the 2006 season. Fingerprint scanners have improved significantly since then. This is of course, not a blanket statement (see Samsung headlines yesterday)
- derrasterpunkt 7y agoWe don’t have to go that far, the chaos computer club circumvented TouchID in 2013. https://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2013/ccc-breaks-apple-touchid https://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2013/ccc-breaks-apple-touchid
- scarface74 7y agoThat was still over 5 years ago on the first generation Touch ID. I couldn’t find an easily repeatable hack for the newer version.