Fingerprints Are Usernames, Not Passwords (2013)

Re:Fingerprints Are Usernames, Not Passwords (2013) by jrochkind1 on Thursday October 23, 2014 @11:24AM (#8498621)

So this article is a year old, I don't know if Apple has managed to improve things since then.

But if it were as easy to get access as the article suggests...

I agree you take the right approach by identifying adversaries. And I agree that it's relatively reliable against kids or random people randomly screwing around. And not against governments.

But there's a whole bunch in between that. Business competitors? Ex-partners or personal enemies, motivated enough to hire a private detective or similar that can easily do this?

I think the line of "reasonable defense against" for this technology is actually probably _just barely_ above random people screwing around with your phone because it was just lying there. And there's a whole lot above that but below national intelligence agency.

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Re:Fingerprints Are Usernames, Not Passwords (2013) by merijnv on Thursday October 23, 2014 @01:23PM (#8499421)

I remember reading the original article on cracking Apple's fingerprint ID and the crackers mentioned that, while definitely crackable, it requires a certain level of sophistication and thus they considered the addition very worthwhile as a way to protect against robbing, etc.

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