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Re:iPhones 'disabled' if Apple detects third-party repairs by coldtea on Sunday February 07, 2016 @01:37PM (#11054058)
>By feeding numbers into the scanner instead of fingers, you can accomplish the same effect as feeding random strings into a password box.

Isn't this exactly why they DON'T allow you to use the iPhone with a potentially tampered with HW/TouchID -- e.g. the very feature/issue we're discussing?

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Re:iPhones 'disabled' if Apple detects third-party repairs by dawnbreez on Monday February 08, 2016 @01:23PM (#11059883)
Well, yes.

I'd argue that fingerprints for security are just silly to begin with.

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