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denverbill

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26. Didn't mean to imply that.

Reply to sir pball (Reply #24)

Mon Sep 23, 2013, 02:10 PM

Sep 2013

Nobody I know has one or really even wants one, but lots of people are using them.

I just don't think the vast majority of iPhone thefts are being done by identity thieves or people who are willing to spend thousands of dollars and significant amounts of time cracking them. Maybe I'm wrong about that though.

Heck with things like the 'where's my phone' apps, the cops will probably be at your door long before you could crack the phone anyway.

My point was just that it is good enough for most people, especially people that don't want to type in a 15 character password with special characters, numbers, and caps 20 times a day and change it every 3 months. Personally, I have enough trouble with the 40-50 passwords I have already.

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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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