Hackers already working on iPhone 5S
Mashable.com's Christina Warren explains why hackers want to crack the new iPhone 5S.
They want to see any time anyone says anything is unhackable, they want to say actually you know what, it's not, we want to break into it, so they are trying to prove that it is not unfathomable, so what they want to do is they want to see it's possible to lift a print off the Iphone 5S, recapture it, reproduce it and then use that reproduced prints to get into the Iphone 5S.
So is it just a challenge of doing this, is that the goal, is that just a good challenge for these hackers to do it?
It's important just a good challenge, it's also partially a way to beaf up and improve security because if all kinds of eyes are on this project, if they are able to unearth a security vulnerability, then it can be solved and all other device will be more safe.
We have seen in the movies stealing finger prints if you will, i don't know if we have ever seen it in the real world, tell us if this is a possibility, unlikely, what are you hearing from the experts?
You know i think it is technically possible, probably, i would say somehow someway there is probably a way to bypass the security scanner or to trick the touch ID, but how likely is it? i mean come on, you've got to consider that you have to have someone to have the ability to capture the prints, the ability to have a 3 printer to print it out and the proper type of device or real finger to affix the finger print to unlock, so what are the chances of that happening for the average person? i would say pretty much slips to none.