Just figured out this evening that you can register your fingerprints in capacitive tipped gloves. It was accurate too, my gloves have 4 capacitive fingers and only the one I registered unlocked the phone. Pretty cool trick for these cold days!
Just figured out this evening that you can register your fingerprints in capacitive tipped gloves. It was accurate too, my gloves have 4 capacitive fingers and only the one I registered unlocked the phone. Pretty cool trick for these cold days!
Just figured out this evening that you can register your fingerprints in capacitive tipped gloves. It was accurate too, my gloves have 4 capacitive fingers and only the one I registered unlocked the phone. Pretty cool trick for these cold days!
So is it the glove that's actually being registered?
Yes, it's the glove and not your finger. But it has to have the capacitive part in order to activate the touch ID sensor, which is why a normal glove wouldn't work. I mean really touch ID is more or less taking a HD picture of the surface of your finger or whatever body part you decided to use.
so have you had some other person put on the gloves and unlock it
Have not... Good idea. I'll try that tomorrow.
I have a pair of thermal capacitive gloves I wear on duty...they also work with the Touch ID system, and anyone who is wearing them can unlock the phone (tested a few times).
I figured this would be the case, since it's taking a picture of the glove itself. Thanks!
I have a pair of thermal capacitive gloves I wear on duty...they also work with the Touch ID system, and anyone who is wearing them can unlock the phone (tested a few times).
im not getting any gloves like that i work with a few sneaky people sometimes don't need anyone getting access to my phone contents
This would totally negate the purpose of using a fingerprint scanner as an additional layer of security on your iDevice. No two people are going to have the same fingerprint, but odds are there will be similar gloves in production. The morbid way of breaking into your iPhone is knocking out the owner and putting their finger on the Touch ID sensor until the phone unlocks. You could also sever a finger, but that's just getting too icky.
If I just had to steal your gloves there is very little you could do before I'm shutting down outside access and scanning your private information.
It never ceases to amaze me the amount of laziness human beings exhibit when a feature that is meant to enhance our use and enjoyment of a device is already being circumvented for the sake of convenience.
No, I'm not beating up anyone that things using the gloves is a great idea. Just stop and think for a moment. Think about what you were about to willing give away so you could wear gloves. Now if you don't use or disable Touch ID for these purposes - that's great. That won't hinder you at all.