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German hackers said Monday they have been able to get past the new biometric identification system contained in the latest generation of Apple\'s iconic iPhones
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On its website, the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) said that by using \"the simplest, everyday means\", it had hacked into the new finger-print identification system on Apple\'s latest iPhone models launched last week.
\"The phone owner\'s finger print, photographed from a drinking glass, was sufficient to create a forged print to unlock the iPhone 5S\", the hackers said.
A spokesman for the group told AFP it was easy for amateurs to do by lifting prints from a bottle or drinking glass.
\"The most complicated part is getting your hands on an iPhone 5S,\" he joked.
\"It again proves a biometric identification system using finger prints is not appropriate to guard access to a phone and should be avoided,\" the CCC said.
They recommended using a normal password to lock and unlock the phone.
Apple\'s German operations were not immediately available to comment.
Source: AFP
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