A European hacker group has
announced a simple, replicable
method for spoofing Apple's TouchID
fingerprint authentication system. "A
fingerprint of the phone user,
photographed from a glass surface,
was enough to create a fake finger
that could unlock an iPhone 5s
secured with TouchID," claims the
Chaos Computer Club, which
demonstrated the hack in a video.
The technique is based on previous
methods for spoofing fingerprint
authentication systems, and needed
only minor adaptation to be applied
to the iPhone's unusually high-
resolution scanner. According to the
CCC:

First, the fingerprint of the
enrolled user is photographed
with 2400 dpi resolution. The
resulting image is then cleaned
up, inverted and laser printed
with 1200 dpi onto transparent
sheet with a thick toner setting.
Finally, pink latex milk or
white woodglue is smeared into
the pattern created by the toner
onto the transparent sheet.
After it cures, the thin latex
sheet is lifted from the sheet,
breathed on to make it a tiny
bit moist and then placed onto
the sensor to unlock the phone.

Apple has marketed TouchID both as
a convenience and as a security
feature. "Your fingerprint is one of
the best passwords in the world,"
says an Apple promotional video.
"The technology within TouchID is
some of the most advanced hardware
or software we've put in any
device."
Whether or not this can be fixed
with a software update is unclear;
we've reached out to Apple for
comment and will update if we hear
back.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rriX8LPiP0g

www.buzzfeed.com/jwherrman/the-iphones-fingerprint-sensor-has-already-been-hacked?s=mobile

that can be used to unlock and fingerprint divice. Thats why the ask for viticms toothbrush to comfirm DNA during invetigation of an accident.