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24. You make it sound like a 3D printer is still exotic uber-tech

Mon Sep 23, 2013, 01:18 PM

Sep 2013

Any regular joe can go get one at Staples for like $1500 - no, it's not $99.99 (yet), but for somebody in the business of stolen bank/personal information it's not exactly a high bar to entry, either.

I agree it's "good enough" security for most people, but there's a persistent annoying meme with the non-techies that biometrics are some sort of Hollywood-style unbreakable ultra-security. I could see a high honcho in a major corporation keeping confidential information on a 5S and then being absolutely floored when the phone is stolen and cracked. Hell, the most interesting thing on my phone are the..."special" pictures and I run a proper alphanumeric password. And keep FileVault turned on on my laptop, with an even more gibberish code. No, it won't help if The Man decides to ask me personally, but it is proof positive against loss or theft.

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"Chaos Computer Club: iPhone 5S finger-sniffer COMPROMISED" [View all] sir pball Sep 2013 OP

Um, so to compromise it, you somehow have to get a hi-res image of someone's fingerprint frazzled Sep 2013 #1

Wouldn't be hard to clean it up and interpolate to 2400 if you wanted to. sir pball Sep 2013 #4

Coming soon to a high resolution 3D Printer seveneyes Sep 2013 #7

Riiiiiiiiight ... but how's anyone gonna get my fingerprint? frazzled Sep 2013 #12

Easy Gore1FL Sep 2013 #15

Try reading. frazzled Sep 2013 #18

try reading what? Gore1FL Sep 2013 #22

They would only need a picture of your fingerprint seveneyes Sep 2013 #23

The iPhone stores plenty of fingerprint data. obxhead Sep 2013 #30

Pretty much. apnu Sep 2013 #13

You only have to lift their print from somewhere else. Also super easy to do. TalkingDog Sep 2013 #16

Except social engineering and coercion. AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #2

Most don't even lock their phones Major Nikon Sep 2013 #6

Rubber-hose cryptanalysis.. sir pball Sep 2013 #8

OK, assuming you have access to a persons finger, or fingerprints, and apparently a 3D printer. denverbill Sep 2013 #3

Nope. AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #9

How many people etch circuit boards? denverbill Sep 2013 #14

Etching a circuit is a lot easier than you think. Don't sell yourself short. AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #17

Yeppers. n/t TalkingDog Sep 2013 #19

You make it sound like a 3D printer is still exotic uber-tech sir pball Sep 2013 #24

Didn't mean to imply that. denverbill Sep 2013 #26

Isn't it interesting... onyourleft Sep 2013 #5

'How to hack' is the first step in establishing whether the feature meets the sales hype or not. AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #10

Ahhh... to live without all that pesky wonder. TalkingDog Sep 2013 #20

geepers... given that a lost iPhone will be covered with owner's fingerprints tomm2thumbs Sep 2013 #11

with so many of the owner's fingerprints that you might have a heard time getting a clean one. olddad56 Sep 2013 #21

Probably piece one together, and I doubt it actually has to be perfect at 1200dpi sir pball Sep 2013 #25

If I am right handed IBEWVET Sep 2013 #27

Your fingerprint. Your phone. TM99 Sep 2013 #28

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