----- Forwarded message from Andy Isaacson <adi@hexapodia.org> ----- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 16:37:36 -0700 From: Andy Isaacson <adi@hexapodia.org> To: liberationtech <liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu> Subject: Re: [liberationtech] iPhone 5S Fingerprint and Records (Was: iPhone5S and 5th amendment) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Reply-To: liberationtech <liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 05:54:44PM -0400, Scott Elcomb wrote:

Starting a new thread - it's related but a slightly different topic.

Despite having several devices with fingerprint scanners, I've never used one.

With the release of iPhone 5S and all the discussion around it, I'm curious if fingerprints on file with various Law Enforcement agencies could be printed out or otherwise used to unlock devices detained at border crossings or during other investigations?

Printing a fingerprint is pretty easy: http://dasalte.ccc.de/biometrie/fingerabdruck_kopieren?language=en No word yet if this technique works on the iPhone reader. -andy -- Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at companys@stanford.edu. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://ativel.com http://postbiota.org AC894EC5: 38A5 5F46 A4FF 59B8 336B 47EE F46E 3489 AC89 4EC5