Erstellt am: 23. 9. 2013 - 11:15 Uhr

Today's Webtip: The CCC

Have hacked Apple's finger print scanner without hacking fingers.

After Apple announced that it's newest iPhones would feature a fingerprint scanner, more than a few people suspected the number of violent iPhone robberies would increase. I guess that was because Apple tried their best to convince everyone that their biometrics were fundamentally different from the already existing technology.

I'm sure they hoped everyone would swallow that because the current tech was hacked ages ago.

Well, the good news is that people aren't likely to be losing fingers to gadget happy muggers. The bad news is that anyone who has physical access to your device will still be able to get in if they really want to.

You can read about it here: www.ccc.de/en/updates/2013/ccc-breaks-apple-touchid