Showing posts with label sensor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sensor. Show all posts
Monday, October 31, 2016
How To Setup And Use iPhone 5s Touch ID Fingerprint Sensor video
How To Setup And Use iPhone 5s Touch ID Fingerprint Sensor video
Little over a week ago at their September media event, Apple announced the new iPhone 5s. Along with an impressive upgrade list to it’s predecessor, the iPhone 5, the 5s came with a feature many people had bookmarked as too outlandish for Apple to include. This feature is, of course, biometric fingerprint scanning integration, or as Apple call it: Touch ID. The premise of this new addition is simple, make unlocking and authorizing App Store & iTunes purchases as quick and easy as possible, which will result in a better experience for users. I happened to purchase the iPhone 5s earlier this morning, and I can honestly say I’m not disappointed at all with Touch ID.
I’ve been playing around with the new biometric implementation, and from what I can tell it’s fairly reliable and very secure. The software looks to be erring on the side of caution, and seems to block people if the print is slightly wrong, rather than allow people access if it’s somewhat correct. This is most definitely the right approach when we are talking about people’s data security.
When you first set up Touch ID, you’ll have to go through a rigorous setup procedure where you scan your chosen finger dozens of time to ensure the software has enough data on the finger you’re using (have no fear you can set up up to 5!). During this process, it’s important to make sure you cover every angle you think you’ll be unlocking your phone at, as it really is quite sensitive. If you’d like to see a full video walkthrough and demo of the process, one can be found below.
In the video below, you’ll have noticed that I was rejected by the Touch ID software a few times. I believe this was because when setting up the Touch ID fingerprint, I wasn’t diverse enough in the angles of my thumbprint that I supplied. After setting up the same thumbprint again, it seemed to work no problem. This particular form of security for a phone still felt slightly gimmicky to me, until I used it to authorize an application download. Now, where I used to have to continuously type out my 12-character password, I can simply scan my finger and save myself the time. It only seems like natural progression that we would get third party integration for a service like this. Just imagine being able to authorize a PayPal payment, or an NFC transaction, with simply a touch of your finger. Unfortunately Apple doesn’t play nice with the term ‘open APIs’, so we’ll have to see how far that gets.
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I’ve been playing around with the new biometric implementation, and from what I can tell it’s fairly reliable and very secure. The software looks to be erring on the side of caution, and seems to block people if the print is slightly wrong, rather than allow people access if it’s somewhat correct. This is most definitely the right approach when we are talking about people’s data security.
When you first set up Touch ID, you’ll have to go through a rigorous setup procedure where you scan your chosen finger dozens of time to ensure the software has enough data on the finger you’re using (have no fear you can set up up to 5!). During this process, it’s important to make sure you cover every angle you think you’ll be unlocking your phone at, as it really is quite sensitive. If you’d like to see a full video walkthrough and demo of the process, one can be found below.
In the video below, you’ll have noticed that I was rejected by the Touch ID software a few times. I believe this was because when setting up the Touch ID fingerprint, I wasn’t diverse enough in the angles of my thumbprint that I supplied. After setting up the same thumbprint again, it seemed to work no problem. This particular form of security for a phone still felt slightly gimmicky to me, until I used it to authorize an application download. Now, where I used to have to continuously type out my 12-character password, I can simply scan my finger and save myself the time. It only seems like natural progression that we would get third party integration for a service like this. Just imagine being able to authorize a PayPal payment, or an NFC transaction, with simply a touch of your finger. Unfortunately Apple doesn’t play nice with the term ‘open APIs’, so we’ll have to see how far that gets.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2016
How Apples Touch ID Fingerprint Sensor Was Circumvented Video
How Apples Touch ID Fingerprint Sensor Was Circumvented Video
Starbug of the Chaos Computer Club has posted a video that demonstrates how he was able to bypass Apples Touch ID fingerprint sensor using a fake finger.
It "was way easier than expected," Starbug told ArsTechnica in an e-mail. "I thought it would take at least a week and some fancy chip/bus hacking." It didnt require either.
In an interview with Ars, Starbug told the site that figuring out how to beat the system took 30 hours; however, now that its figured out, the process would take about half an hour.
It took me nearly 30 hours from unpacking the iPhone to a [bypass] that worked reliably. With better preparation it would have taken approximately half an hour. I spent significantly more time trying to find out information on the technical specification of the sensor than I actually spent bypassing it.
I was very disappointed, as I hoped to hack on it for a week or two. There was no challenge at all; the attack was very straightforward and trivial. The Touch ID is nevertheless a very reliable fingerprint system. However, users should only consider it an increase in convenience and not security.
Starbug has won the Is Touch ID Hacked Yet competition and is donating the pledged funds to Raumfahrtagentur, a spinoff from CCC-Berlin.
Check out the video below or hit the link to read the full interview.
It "was way easier than expected," Starbug told ArsTechnica in an e-mail. "I thought it would take at least a week and some fancy chip/bus hacking." It didnt require either.
In an interview with Ars, Starbug told the site that figuring out how to beat the system took 30 hours; however, now that its figured out, the process would take about half an hour.
It took me nearly 30 hours from unpacking the iPhone to a [bypass] that worked reliably. With better preparation it would have taken approximately half an hour. I spent significantly more time trying to find out information on the technical specification of the sensor than I actually spent bypassing it.
I was very disappointed, as I hoped to hack on it for a week or two. There was no challenge at all; the attack was very straightforward and trivial. The Touch ID is nevertheless a very reliable fingerprint system. However, users should only consider it an increase in convenience and not security.
Starbug has won the Is Touch ID Hacked Yet competition and is donating the pledged funds to Raumfahrtagentur, a spinoff from CCC-Berlin.
Check out the video below or hit the link to read the full interview.
Go to link Download
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