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This was such a dumb story that's getting so much publicity. I'm no apple fan, but there is nothing realistically plausible about this that makes it any worse than any other method of locking/unlocking your phone.
I'd argue the device is more secure with the fingerprint feature than without it.
That's why iPhone muggers will take your finger or thumb to go with it, because they aren't desperate or anything.
What if I use my middle finger to unlock? You have a 1 in 4 chance of taking the correct finger (not counting your thumb). Might as well take the whole hand.
What if I use my middle finger to unlock? You have a 1 in 4 chance of taking the correct finger (not counting your thumb). Might as well take the whole hand.
Even if it won't work someone will try it.That's why iPhone muggers will take your finger or thumb to go with it, because they aren't desperate or anything.
And ask your usual forum dweller and they totally miss the point. Apple isn't about invention, it is about quality execution and brute forcing fringe technology into mainstream products, thus making them widely accepted. Always has been, always will be.
Fingerprint sensors aren't new. Forcing them into their popular flagship product, making it reliable and easy to use, and enabling it to be used for things like online purchases in the most popular digital storefont in the world is what's important.
Quality of execution and scale of deployment are what matters when it comes to Apple. Inventing something is beside the point.
And ask your usual forum dweller and they totally miss the point. Apple isn't about invention, it is about quality execution and brute forcing fringe technology into mainstream products, thus making them widely accepted. Always has been, always will be.
Fingerprint sensors aren't new. Forcing them into their popular flagship product, making it reliable and easy to use, and enabling it to be used for things like online purchases in the most popular digital storefont in the world is what's important.
Quality of execution and scale of deployment are what matters when it comes to Apple. Inventing something is beside the point.
Phones are full of fingerprints. All you have to do is lift them and find the right finger and then you can fool the fingerprint sensor.
A couple of ideas:
After or doing the fingerprint scan, make sure that the phone has connected to icloud to ensure its not lost or intended to be wiped.
Allow only 1 or 2 tries before the password is required. This negates scanning the correct fingerprint off of the phone somewhat.
Use positional data history to verify separate fingerprints. (How likely is a thumb print going to be used when the phone is on a stationary surface horizontally?)
Decrease the time between passwords if the user chooses so.
More oleophobic coatings.
Allow two step authentication if the user chooses so.