Apple has recently launched their new device iPhone 5S which consists a fingerprint sensor on the home button, it allows you to have up to five fingerprint scans with any finger, however two days after the release worldwide, Germany's Chaos Computer Club says it has a 'cracked protection'. A hacking team posted on their site, a users fingerprint, which was photographed from a glass surface and then created a 'fake fingerprint' that could be put onto a thin film and used with a real finger to unlock the phone. This creates high concerns for businesses and other audiences as hackers could access accounts easily with the users single fingerprint, therefore it rises the risk of a security breach.
On the other hand Apple say the touch ID will add new sections of your fingerprint to improve matching accuracy and high level of security. Moreover they said "Every fingerprint is unique, so it is rare that even a small section of two separate fingerprints are alike enough to register as a match for Touch ID. The probability of this happening is 1 in 50,000 for one enrolled finger. This is much better than the 1 in 10,000 odds of guessing a typical 4-digit passcode. Although some passcodes, like "1234", may be more easily guessed, there is no such thing as an easily guessable fingerprint pattern."
- The claim is backed up with a video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM8b8d8kSNQ
- Security risks.
- The fingerprint which is copied is at high resolution to create a 2400 pixel-per-inch scan.
- probability of this happening is 1 in 50,000.
I think the iPhone 5S has come out very quick after the iPhone 5 although there was many problems including the new software IOS 7, however I think the technology built in is very clever, businesses and a higher demographic audience would be more interested in this phone.
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