[quote]Germany's Chaos Computer Club says it has cracked the protection around Apple's fingerprint sensor on its new iPhone 5S, just two days after the device went on sale worldwide.
In a post on their site, the group says that their biometric hacking team took a fingerprint of the user, photographed from a glass surface, and then created a "fake fingerprint" which could be put onto a thin film and used with a real finger to unlock the phone.
The claim, which is backed up with a video, will create concerns for businesses which see users intending to use the phone to access corporate accounts. While it requires physical access to the phone, and a clean print of one finger which is one of those used to unlock the phone, it raises the risk of a security breach.[/quote]
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Great name for a hacking group. Now apparently anyone with some sticky tape and a half-decent DSLR can break into your phone if they have physical access to it. As oil tends to deposit relatively easily on an iPhone, it's highly likely that there would be easily recoverable fingerprints on the touchscreen or case of a phone.
If hacking the fingerprint scanner is as easy as the Germans claim, Apple's major selling factor has pretty much been flung out of the window.
Or they'll continue to sell more because they're Apple, I think the second one is more likely.
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So all I need to do is to get their fingerprint from a smooth surface, photograph it, then photo copy it onto another clear surface, and then put that against the sensor.... all without them knowing? Lolapple. (if you missed the sarcasm, then get medical attention.)