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Regardless of whether or not fingerprint scanners are good security wise, it's a bit silly to think that phone robbing thugs are completely dim. The way it work
by anjc 13y ago
Regardless of whether or not fingerprint scanners are good security wise, it's a bit silly to think that phone robbing thugs are completely dim. The way it works in my first world modern country is that there are shops everywhere that unlock or reset phones as part of their services, and it isn't thugs running them. It's people with an affinity for 'tech' who just happen to deal with a shadier area.
If cracking fingerprint authentication is as easy as this article suggests then there's no doubt that these types of shops will do this readily. Steal a phone -> bring it to a place that does it.
The AppleID password is another thing though.
- agsamek 13y agoNo, this is not the same as sim unlock. Circumventing touch id technology by making fake fingerprints is exactly the same case as being called to unlock a locked doors. The specialist knows when he is liable to crime and cannot make a legal bussines out of illegal access.
- anjc 13y agoHonestly I think you're underestimating the gall of certain businesses. These aren't big multinational chains, they're like booths that pop up and down every year, in the less salubrious parts of town. They might not do it as openly, but there will be places thieves can go to circumvent touch ID if it's hackable...the knife wielding thug wont have to sit in his bedroom fiddling with acetate paper.