Crowdfunded Bounty For Hacking iPhone 5S Fingerprint Authentication 148
judgecorp writes "There's more than $13,000 pledged for a crowdfunded bounty for bypassing an iPhone 5S's fingerprint reader. The bounty, set up by a security expert and an exploit reseller, requires entrants to lift prints 'like from a beer mug.' It has a website — IsTouchIDHackedYet — and payments are pledged by tweets using #IsTouchIDHackedYet. One drawback: the scheme appears to rely on trust that sponsors will actually pay up."
Other prizes include whiskey, books, and a bottle of wine.
'like from a beer mug' (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Broken on first day (Score:0, Insightful)
Does.
Not.
Work.
Gawd, you're a geek that reads Slashdot. Please invest just a minor amount of effort to learn how a significant new feature from one of the most influential tech companies works. It's not hard - it's been discussed extensively virtually everywhere.
Re:Broken on first day (Score:4, Insightful)
How long does it take to etch a PCB (mould) and how long does it take for gelatine to cool down (finger cast)? (The method that Mythbusters used)
The Mythbusters episode was from 2006, and was done on a sensor that was even older. Technology improves. In a decade, it can improve a lot. Their technique would almost certainly not work today. Apple's sensor requires a pulse, and detects deep skin layers that do not show up on a lifted fingerprint.
Re:Why bother. (Score:5, Insightful)