>*By feeding numbers into the scanner instead of fingers, you can accomplish the...

		coldtea on Feb 7, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iPhones 'disabled' if Apple detects third-party re... >By feeding numbers into the scanner instead of fingers, you can accomplish the same effect as feeding random strings into a password box. Isn't this exactly why they DON'T allow you to use the iPhone with a potentially tampered with HW/TouchID -- e.g. the very feature/issue we're discussing?

Well, yes.

I'd argue that fingerprints for security are just silly to begin with.