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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Apple TouchID fingerprint security system
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (PRIVACY Forum mailing list)
Sun Sep 22 15:15:20 2013
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 11:58:06 -0700
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Apple TouchID fingerprint security system reportedly already cracked
http://j.mp/1bzPcjR (Chaos Computer Club)
"The biometrics hacking team of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has
successfully bypassed the biometric security of Apple's TouchID using
easy everyday means. A fingerprint of the phone user, photographed
from a glass surface, was enough to create a fake finger that could
unlock an iPhone 5s secured with TouchID. This demonstrates - again -
that fingerprint biometrics is unsuitable as access control method and
should be avoided."
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