Researchers managed to fool the iPhone 5S ' Touch ID with a fake fingerprint months ago , and they repeated this on the new iPhone 6 with a little more effort.
The research team led by Mark Rogers , on the iPhone 5S, had used a 2400dpi (dot per inch) photo of the fake fingerprint and printed it on a 1200dpi printer on special paper. The equipment needed was quite expensive and not an easy process for anyone.
The process was repeated on the iPhone 6, with the difference that better quality paper, because in the first test, the researchers saw that Touch ID and the software that accompanies it on the new iPhone 6, recognized the fake fingerprint that had been used on the iPhone 5S.
As Mark Rogers stated, the process is complex and difficult for a common criminal who would want to use the iPhone he just stole, while he emphasized that he did this to show that the iPhone's fingerprint protection is vulnerable.
Source: e-pcmag.gr
