April 26, 2019

Cops can try suspect’s fingers on locked iPhones found at crime scene

A Massachusetts federal district judge gave cops a warrant to force-unlock iPhones with the suspect's fingers.

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October 12, 2018

What Kanye West can teach us about passcodes

Pulling out an iPhone XS to show the assembled throng a picture of the hydrogen-powered aircraft that “our president should be flying in,” West casually unlocked it using the passcode ‘000000’.

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April 24, 2018

Police try (and fail) to unlock phone with a dead man’s finger

The practice doesn't require a warrant but it left relatives feeling "disrespected and violated."

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March 26, 2018

Police use dead man’s fingers to try to unlock his iPhone

In the first known instance of this technique, police tried using a dead man's fingerprints to get past the protection of Apple's Touch ID.

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November 16, 2017

Apple’s Face ID security fooled by simple face mask

A Vietnamese security company called Bkav claims it successfully bypassed Face ID authentication on Apple’s flagship iPhone X using - wait for it - a mask.

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March 08, 2016

Your smartphone fingerprint reader could be hacked using paper and ink

Security researchers have tricked the fingerprint sensor on two smartphones with an inkjet printer, special silver conductive ink and paper.

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March 08, 2016

Unlock iPhone without passcode using Siri – video is bogus

FBI, check it out! First, ask Siri what time it is. Then you buy tones from App Store, hop on one foot and bite a chicken's head off.

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February 08, 2016

“Error 53” – could an iPhone update turn your phone into a brick?

Broken the home button on your iPhone? It contains the Touch ID security module, so be careful who replaces it!

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January 05, 2016

Kid spends $5900 playing Jurassic World on Dad’s iPad. Here’s how to prevent that happening to you.

Nothing like memorizing dad's passwords - both for his iPad and his Apple ID! - to buy all the scaly goodness your little heart desires.

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