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Re:Chaos Computer Club breaks Apple TouchID by yapcguy on Sunday September 22, 2013 @08:08PM (#6428612)
IT managers will either be thanking or cursing the CCC at this point...
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Re:Chaos Computer Club breaks Apple TouchID by noisy_boy on Sunday September 22, 2013 @11:25PM (#6429036)
I understand that iPhone (and iPad) allow IT to enforce setting of password (1). I think from the security perspective, IT is more worried about ability to remotely manage the device (like remote wipes in case of loss etc).

1. http://images.apple.com/iphone/business/docs/iOS_6_Security_...

Edit: I realized that the link is for iOS 6 - though I wouldn't expect them to reduce business IT functionality, not sure if these options are still in iOS 7.

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