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

'like from a beer mug'

[Culture20]

Or from the iPhone itself.

Re:Broken on first day

[Anonymous Coward]

Does.

Not.

Work.

Gawd, you're a geek that reads Slashdot. Please invest just a minor amount of effort to learn how a significant new feature from one of the most influential tech companies works. It's not hard - it's been discussed extensively virtually everywhere.

Re:Broken on first day

[ShanghaiBill]

How long does it take to etch a PCB (mould) and how long does it take for gelatine to cool down (finger cast)? (The method that Mythbusters used)

The Mythbusters episode was from 2006, and was done on a sensor that was even older. Technology improves. In a decade, it can improve a lot. Their technique would almost certainly not work today. Apple's sensor requires a pulse, and detects deep skin layers that do not show up on a lifted fingerprint.

Re:Why bother.

[hondo77]

What part of "Designed by Apple in California" don't you understand? :-)