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Old 09-23-2013, 04:01 PM
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Wink Apple iPhone Fingerprint scanner hacked within minutes

You had to know this was gonna happen sooner than later..."hey you darn kids, get off of my lawn!"

"How to hack TouchID, Apple's iPhone 5S fingerprint scanner" w video using household items

http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_...t_scanner.html

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Old 09-23-2013, 10:31 PM
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Nothing new really. A fingerprint scanner is an imaging device that doesn't know a real finger from a picture or model. I suppose future models will have to include reading the IR transmission/absorption characteristics of a human finger to make sure it's real.

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Old 09-23-2013, 10:35 PM
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Indeed. Here's what WIRED asked on the subject 09.09.2013
http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/09...uthentication/

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Old 09-23-2013, 10:37 PM
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"Fingertip biometrics at Disney turnstiles"
http://boingboing.net/2008/03/15/fin...iometrics.html

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