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Crowdfunded Bounty For Hacking iPhone 5S Fingerprint Authentication

Posted by Unknown on from the good-luck-with-that dept.

judgecorp writes "There's more than $13,000 pledged for a crowdfunded bounty for bypassing an iPhone 5S's fingerprint reader. The bounty, set up by a security expert and an exploit reseller, requires entrants to lift prints 'like from a beer mug.' It has a website — IsTouchIDHackedYet — and payments are pledged by tweets using #IsTouchIDHackedYet. One drawback: the scheme appears to rely on trust that sponsors will actually pay up." Other prizes include whiskey, books, and a bottle of wine.

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  1. Why bother. by stewsters · · Score: 2, Funny

    With a $10 Walmart machete from the camping aisle, you can "Hack" off the key for yourself.

    1. Re:Why bother. by alen · · Score: 5, Funny

      if you live close to a wal mart chances are your victim will have a gun and can defend him or herself

    2. Re:Why bother. by i_ate_god · · Score: 4, Funny

      Walmarts exist in Canada too

      But then again you wouldn't expect a Canadian to do such a brazen hack. Rather the Canadian would ask the other Canadian politely if they could use their phone, then quickly hop on their moose and ride off with it.

      --
      I'm god, but it's a bit of a drag really...
  2. Re:You can just enter the passcode. by maccodemonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Didn't these clowns watch the keynote?

    -jcr

    I am totally shocked someone in the tech industry would launch a project without fully understanding the original problem. SHOCKED I SAY.