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Re:Judge Grants Search Warrant Forcing Woman to Unlock iPhon... by M4v3R on Monday May 02, 2016 @01:01PM (#11613205)
PIN Code is also required when you fail to authenticate with Touch ID five times. So one could use the wrong finger a few times and that would solve the problem ;).
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Re:Judge Grants Search Warrant Forcing Woman to Unlock iPhon... by TazeTSchnitzel on Monday May 02, 2016 @01:02PM (#11613229)
I've noticed that Touch ID is super brittle (at least on my own iPhone 5S), too. If your finger's slightly wet, that may be enough.

Indeed, trying it now, if I lick my finger and then use it to try and unlock my iPhone a few times, it disables Touch ID and requires a passcode!

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