Call me cynical - I give it less than a year before someone figures out to do it in less than an hour.
Kurt On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I've actually followed this rather closely. While I do NOT regard it as a > killer feature, I think they've implemented this right (although who knows > how long it will take the NSA to take part). > > They actually store a hash of the capacitive thumb print in the > authentication key chain. So unlike an optical finger print reader, it can't > be fooled by a good photocopy nor, I believe, by a simplistic finger-print > oils copy. It will take a good representational copy of the thumb. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Kurt Buff > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 6:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Exchange] iPhone 5 new feature for thum print reader in > ActiveSync Question > > Because nobody will ever think to copy and use the fingerprints that are > already all over the phone to fool the fingerprint reader, right? > > Sigh. > > > Kurt > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Todd Lemmiksoo <[email protected]> wrote: >> Is there any talk in MS to add the new iPhone features to ActiveSync. >> Management her at the hospital are already asking to use the finger >> print reader feature to unlock the phone. >> >> -- >> T. Todd Lemmiksoo > >
