"In reality, Apple's sensor has just a higher resolution compared to the sensors so far. So we only needed to ramp up the resolution of our fake", said the hacker with the nickname Starbug, who performed the critical experiments that led to the successful circumvention of the fingerprint locking. "As we have said now for more than years, fingerprints should not be used to secure anything. You leave them everywhere, and it is far too easy to make fake fingers out of lifted prints." a post on the CCC website said.
Apple claimed the Touch ID would be very secured and users can use this to get access to the App store, using it instead of a password. But is it actually that secure to use such thing that can be found everywhere to protect your personal data, and for the most important, your money. It may be convenient for a user to be identified by their fingerprint, but it will never be as secured as a long complicated password. You may say, both of them could be hacked, but lets think about it, are there actually any technology hackers cannot hack? It's just a matter of time.Normal user may not be interested in spending hours to get your fingerprint and get access to your iphone, but this tells us that biological identification system was not as secure as you imagined. The Touch-ID was not extremely secured, but it is much secure than a 4 pin password.
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PC Magazine
Chaos Computer Club
Really interesting article! It's very informative, and I definitely learned more about iPhone security.
ReplyDeleteThe sensor may be a lot more secure, but it also poses a higher risk if your info is taken. If someone takes your 4 digit password, it only gives them access to your phone and it can always be changed; if someone takes your fingerprints, they get access to so much more info, and it's difficult to change your fingerprints.
ReplyDeleteTrue. However, I'm going to play devil's advocate and say getting a hold on someone's finger prints is still much harder and less likely than if it was a 4 digit password.
DeleteSo far there is nothing that normal people like us can use their fingerprints beside a few tech items. Finding out both will only unlock 1 thing, the iPhone, since many people don't have 4 letter passwords to unlock bank accounts and such.
DeleteI think that the finger prints system is not so safe because somebody could hack your identity, like in this case. Somebody in this world could uses your finger print to do bad things!
ReplyDeleteI think that after reading this, I wonder if we can truly stop hackers from well, hacking. It's disheartening to know that nothing on your computer is ever truly secure.
ReplyDeletethere's also an option to use a full password on iphones. way more secure than a 4 digit code and apparently way more secure than fingerprint scanning.
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