Apple addresses Touch ID security concerns, details protection

12 September, 2013
The iPhone 5S won't store fingerprint images on the phone's chip, but only encrypted data.

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  • Noel Carson
  • XNt
  • 12 Sep 2013

yeah, 12 Sep 2013wow. thats a lot of work just to unlock a phoneNot just to unlock your phone. Hackers who would get access to a lost phone can go to any extent to use the data on the phone. Imagine someone calling your friends to deceive them into providing your personal details (which later can be used for a variety of frauds). This is just the tip of an iceberg though

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    • Noel Carson
    • XNt
    • 12 Sep 2013

    I really like the fact that Apple is indeed very particular by providing proactive security measures to encrypt and save the fingerprint image to the chipset, rather than copying it to their servers or saving it to a drive. Kudos to Apple on this one. Hopefully, you have enough features using the touch ID feature to validate the point of having it as an addition, or else, it will just be considered a gimmick

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      • AnonD-150040
      • t7X
      • 12 Sep 2013

      This is a spooky feature.

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        • rasiak
        • 3L@
        • 12 Sep 2013

        Challenge accepted

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          • j8w
          • 12 Sep 2013

          AnonD-58835, 12 Sep 2013fingerprint api could be reverse engineering by special too... morewow. thats a lot of work just to unlock a phone

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            • Anonymous
            • t7X
            • 12 Sep 2013

            Even if it is saved in SoC, iOS will read it... If it can be read by a software that is connected in a network, it can be hacked...

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              • Anonymous
              • HI8
              • 12 Sep 2013

              AnonD-185606, 12 Sep 2013this technology was already brougt by motorola we all know ... moreFirst:Don't try to be funny.You can't.
              Second:Motorola's didn't work like Apple's.

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                • Anonymous
                • HI8
                • 12 Sep 2013

                phonehome, 12 Sep 2013samsuck. Have you already forgotten the motorola android d... moreIt didn't work like iPhone 5's.

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                  • AnonD-58835
                  • 8DM
                  • 12 Sep 2013

                  fingerprint api could be reverse engineering by special tools. I could do it. Moreover, to cheat the scanner, just put the iphone with a special chemistry liquid where the trace of the finger is visilbe, you copy it on a special paper, and you have a 100% perfect match of the finger to simulate it and pass the passcode. McGyver do it jajajaa

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                    • AnonD-153118
                    • t4q
                    • 12 Sep 2013

                    Anonymous, 12 Sep 2013What u on about in my country we never have our fingerprint... moreFor start: I said, in some country, not your country. Next: I have made a reply on a post about NSA in collection of ppl finger prints, it has nothing to do with someone might take your finger to steal your phone so your reply is really out of topic. Lastly, I didn't mention anything good about finger print for login because I don't care about it.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Mfx
                      • 12 Sep 2013

                      He must be :)

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                        • n3A
                        • 12 Sep 2013

                        Ok, so if anyone wore to commit a crime and left a fingerprint but wasnt on any other police database, and the police would knock on his door busting for an arrest, it wouldnt be Apple s contribution, would it ?

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                          • Anonymous
                          • sXu
                          • 12 Sep 2013

                          Dr.vinay barathwaj, 12 Sep 2013Xperia Z is a miracle phone which comes with glassy finish ... moreAre you a paid troll?

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                            • Dr.vinay barathwaj
                            • PSF
                            • 12 Sep 2013

                            Xperia Z is a miracle phone which comes with glassy finish and premium look,..

                            And it atract girls,..

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                              • AnonD-150047
                              • IWc
                              • 12 Sep 2013

                              harlekkin, 12 Sep 2013To copy something means to take an idea like for like and a... moreicopy that.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • Sgv
                                • 12 Sep 2013

                                AnonD-153118, 12 Sep 2013What is wrong with NSA has everyone's finger prints? In som... moreWhat u on about in my country we never have our fingerprint taken even for I'd lol so with this in a third world country if someone wants your iPhone, they will have to take your finger to, to use it lol bad idea, it's flopped get over it

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                                  • Sg2
                                  • 12 Sep 2013

                                  lol @ those guys "motorola did it first... bla bla bla..." it worked so "well" that they stopped support this feature, later models ditched the sensor.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • Nk4
                                    • 12 Sep 2013

                                    Apple already bought that company long ago

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