Cheat Touch ID is very easy. Very, very easy

With the advent of iPhone 5s Touch ID fingerprint scanner hackers of all stripes do not stop to look for ways to trick the sensor. That is, access to the smartphone without using your finger host machine. And, interestingly, do find, trumpeting to the whole world that we were able to outwit Touch ID. Well, yes, to outwit something it is in principle possible, but... Well, let's just look at what needs to be done to "break" fingerprint scanner in the iPhone 5s.

The method proposed guys from Chaos, The sequence of actions is as follows (this is a very easy way, remember):

• Make high-quality photos of the fingerprint, which "opens» Touch ID. Of course, without the knowledge of the host
• With photoeditors separate prints from the rest of the image and retouch them as needed. Well, a non-trivial exercise, but so far it is not too difficult
• Print prints the image on the translucent plastic using black toner
• Place the plastic with the imprint on the photosensitive plate, applied to the manufacture of printed circuit boards - and irradiate it with ultraviolet radiation. Very simple, is not it?
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• Place the plate in a tray irradiated monohydrate sodium carbonate or potassium carbonate. You store these substances in your locker?
• Etch imprints the plate by placing the latter in the pickling solution
• Cover the plate with a graphite spray
• Cover the plate joiner's glue, let it dry, then clean plate from him
• The most important step: to steal the iPhone 5s so that the victim did not know about anything. If you know - to remotely block, and all your work will go down the drain
• Unlock the device using your plate. If you made a messy impression print, after three attempts the phone will ask for the password. Oops.
• That's all. True, it's quite easy?! Yes?!

Oh, well, frankly, it is easier to steal the iPhone 5s, along with its owner, and then tortured to force him to unlock the smartphone. I do not know who in their right mind would be in real life take all of these magical acts with photographic plates, but it is unlikely there is such a lot. So while the Touch ID really is quite reliable protection of your iPhone, at least it is safer than four-digit password.