Apple hyped its new Touch ID fingerprint scanning security system as a "convenient and highly secure way to access your phone," but if a new report is accurate, the system may not be as secure as the company claims. Hackers from the Chaos Computer Club claim to have successfully bypassed Touch ID "using easy everyday means."
"In reality, Apple's sensor has just a higher resolution compared to the sensors so far," a hacker nicknamed Starbug said. "So we only needed to ramp up the resolution of our fake."
While the hackers claim the method is easy, it's complicated enough that most users won't likely face any additional risk than, say, someone looking over their shoulder to memorize their PIN number. But the method's relative simplicity,...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/22/4759128/chaos-computer-club-biometric-hack-apple-touch-id
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