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Re: Senator asks if FBI can get iPhone 5S fingerprint data v... by r00fus on Friday September 20, 2013 @06:26PM (#6420909)
It should be worth noting that the fingerprint sensor on the iPhone5S is far more advanced than that door.

Read up on more details and critique about TouchID: http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/09/fingerprints-as-pass...

Re: Senator asks if FBI can get iPhone 5S fingerprint data v... by eksith on Friday September 20, 2013 @07:49PM (#6421251)
The door scanner may be easily fooled, but the computer login scanner they worked on is a bit more sophisticated. The "sub-epidermal" scan is actually what a gelatin synthetic fingerprint with a latex skin would duplicate fairly well.

It's important to note the scanner isn't an imaging sensor (I.E. camera) so touch and skin conductivity are still fair game.