The tech press was going overboard with its security claims, which had no base in reality. So we just had to break it, says one hacker of Chaos Computer Club.
Apparently the Touch ID fingerprint sensor on Apple's new iPhone 5S is not restricted to humans only. In fact, a cat's skin segments can also be registered for Touch ID, and subsequently be used to unlock the iPhone 5S (via Tech Crunch). While the cat’s paw encountered more frequent failures than did a fingerprint, it was able...
Brian Roemmele details how the new “secure enclave” in the A7 processor of the iPhone 5S, that stores the encrypted fingerprint biometric ID, actually works.