Crowdfunded Bounty For Hacking iPhone 5S Fingerprint Authentication

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.

Comments

Re:Why bother.

[alen]

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

Re:You can just enter the passcode.

[maccodemonkey]

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.

Re:Why bother.

[i_ate_god]

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.