iPhone fingerprint scanner broken by Chaos

Biometrics on iPhone was implemented mainly (as Step 1) for convenience, rather than military-grade security. PIN can be broken too, on iPhone or EMV card, with a sharp knife (held to throat), so what?..

"as Step 1) for convenience" <I wonder just how many 'steps' are planned for this 'convenience'.

as for not being 'military-grade security' <I wonder what grade of security it is supposed to be, 'kindy grade'?

The 'kindy grade' security 'smartphone'. Step 1 in Apple's post-Jobs smartphone dominance.

Fair call Alexander?

If someone is after a clean photo of your fingerprint (to be made with 2400 dpi resolution) to access your phone without your knowledge, then rest assured that you have bigger problems than having your bumometrics photos exposed :) Also, PIN can be broken via shoulder-surfing, if we are talking covert here. People still find PINs of use. Perhaps because 99% of them don't store anything on their phones that would be worth the hassle. Those who do, well, that's another story...

I don't know much about photography & printing but, for instance, the Canon PIXMA printers can print resolutions as high as 9600x2400 dpi. A 16 megapixel photo of a fingerprint on a glass taken with a macro lens....


...but I do assume some people are using their phones for payments or trading... isn't that 'worth the hassle'?

Obviously the iphone fingerprint thingy is a 'convenience' feature more than a 'security' feature. It doesn't solve the issue with mobile phones for even vaguely secure or private transactions.

Why bother with fingerprint "cloning" if you can go after the leather wallet?.. Where iPhone is used for trading, how do you exploit that?

Re dealing on insecure mobiles, I only imagine that larger sums might be available for 'extraction'.

Cnet has published onfirmation Chaos Computer Club member Starbug's hack of the iphone 5s.

They don't show the bit with the printing onto the latex painted onto a sheet... but you get the idea.

Apparently all you need to fool the iphone fingerprint is a gang of friend's fingers instead.

Watch this Iranian video.