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I just don't see how this changes much. You have to give them a finger print, but nowhere does it say that you have to provide the fingerprint onto the device.

• r00fus 12y ago
  > Since you're fingerprint is undoubtedly already on the phone they could just lift it and unlock the device anyway I don't think your smeared fingerprints all over your phone are going to be high-quality enough to enable them to unlock the phone. The process identified by the CCC crack [1] seems very involved and seems to require a lab-environment. You get 5 tries and 48 hours to unlock the phone or it will revert to passcode prompts... add in time requirement for a warrant, and this may be just enough difficulty to dissuade LEOs from attempting this method all the time. One thing is certain, you should likely not use the simple passcode - that's brute-forceable. But a manageable complex passcode and TouchID sounds very convenient and relatively secure. Oh, and always shut down your phone if you get pulled over. First power-on unlock mandates passcode entry. [1] http://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2013/ccc-breaks-apple-touchid http://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2013/ccc-breaks-apple-touchid