If the new iPhone has fingerprint authentication, can it be hacked?
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And fingerprint readers have a long history of vulnerabilities as well. Some are better than others. The simplest ones just check the ridges of a finger; some of those can be fooled with a good photocopy. Others check for pores as well. The better ones verify pulse, or finger temperature. Fooling them with rubber fingers is harder, but often possible. A Japanese researcher had good luck doing this over a decade ago with the gelatin mixture that’s used to make Gummi bears.

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http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/09/what-if-apples-new-phone-has-fingerprint-authentication/

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