Apart from the never ending transit debate in Toronto, the news dominating my twitter feed today are related to the Apple’s Touch ID hack and the Fairfax bid for Blackberry. My quick comments on those two: - Touch ID hack: of course it was only a matter of time, but let’s face the facts. There are far more expensive and complex fingerprint sensors that are also vulnerable to similar attacks (Gummy bear fingers, anyone?); just keep in mind that the threats Apple is considering for this technology (
Touch ID and Blackberry
Touch ID and Blackberry
Touch ID and Blackberry
Apart from the never ending transit debate in Toronto, the news dominating my twitter feed today are related to the Apple’s Touch ID hack and the Fairfax bid for Blackberry. My quick comments on those two: - Touch ID hack: of course it was only a matter of time, but let’s face the facts. There are far more expensive and complex fingerprint sensors that are also vulnerable to similar attacks (Gummy bear fingers, anyone?); just keep in mind that the threats Apple is considering for this technology (