[babygene]

My son was explaining over lunch today why this is very very difficult to do. He’s not convinced it is possible... One of the problems he described was that you only get 10 try’s and the data gets wiped. That rules out any brute force attack.

Now the new phones that look at your finger print, they could just cut the perp’s finger off and unlock it.

[zeugma]

Now the new phones that look at your finger print, they could just cut the perp’s finger off and unlock it.

Nope. Won't work like that. Blood has to be flowing in the blood vessels. That's why if your hands are too cold, it can be difficult to use the FP reader.

[Swordmaker]

Now the new phones that look at your finger print, they could just cut the perp’s finger off and unlock it.

Nope, won't work. It requires a LIVING finger to work. in addition, once the iPhone has not been activated in 48 hours, you have to use the passcode to start it before the TouchID will work. Sorry, good idea, but Apple thought of the possibility that thieves might mutilate victims to access their iPhones to use ApplePay and made it impossible.

[Churchillspirit]

Version I heard (via Rush) was that after 10 tries you have to wait one hour between subsequent tries.