Monday, 4 November 2013

An iPhone 5S PSA From Your Finger

Apple's iPhone 5S boasts a Touch ID fingerprint scanner that uses the ridges and pores of a finger (or other body parts, including nipples and lips) to identify a phone's user and unlock the home screen.


While some felt the technology was state-of-the-art, others quickly found ways to hack the scanner, and claimed it was a problematic security feature.


But is the fingerprint scanner really that much more vulnerable than other lock-screen tech?


In this Sunday comic, Nitrozac and Snaggy of The Joy of Tech defend the iPhone's fingerprint-scanner technology against skeptics and critics.



BONUS: Which Body Parts Can Unlock iPhone 5S?


Comic illustration provided by The Joy of Tech. Published with permission; all rights reserved.

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