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Apple TV 6.0 Update Pulled, iPhone 5S Apple’s Touch ID System Bypassed

Apple, Inc. is not having a good week. The week should have ended with long lines of buyers wanting the iPhone 5S but instead there have been lines of people wanting to break into the Touch ID system – and they succeeded. Guess Senator Al Franken was not too far off in questioning the technology.

I know – the Touch ID is a deterrent not a permanent block. Still, figuring out a way around the system didn’t take too long.

First, the fingerprint of the enrolled user is photographed with 2400 dpi resolution. The resulting image is then cleaned up, inverted and laser printed with 1200 dpi onto transparent sheet with a thick toner setting. Finally, pink latex milk or white wood glue is smeared into the pattern created by the toner onto the transparent sheet. After it cures, the thin latex sheet is lifted from the sheet, breathed on to make it a tiny bit moist and then placed onto the sensor to unlock the phone. This process has been used with minor refinements and variations against the vast majority of fingerprint sensors on the market.

Is that all?

Nope. The Apple TV 6.0 update is pulled after reports of the updating failing and “bricking” the device.

LPH
Layne Heinyhttp://www.layneheiny.com
LPH is a high school physics teacher interested in the Apple iPad and iPhone, Microsoft Surface, Tablet PCs, and other mobile devices. He resides with one large dog who begs for pizza, hamburgers, French fries, and anything else on the dinner table.

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