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German Expert Warns Against Using Iphone5s Fingerprint Function. by Nobody: 1:36pm On Sep 17, 2013
I just received a mail on my phone from a site that's into phones and gadgets accessories... (Megaleecher.Net) Below the content;
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In light of the PRISM spying by NSA, German experts earlier warned their Government against using

Microsoft Windows 8 by companies and authorities. And once again a German data-protection specialist Johannes Caspar warns against using

iPhone 5S's new Fingerprint ID function. While Apple claims this to be secure by saying '

your fingerprint is only stored on the iPhone, never transmitted over the network' the expert arguments that 'The biometric features of your body, like your fingerprints, cannot be erased or deleted and stay with you until the end of your life without changing. They are crucial and should not be used for something as non-vital or casual as unlocking your device
Re: German Expert Warns Against Using Iphone5s Fingerprint Function. by Rogbese(m): 3:47pm On Sep 17, 2013
Where was this "expert" when Motorola featured a finger print scanner on their phone?
Re: German Expert Warns Against Using Iphone5s Fingerprint Function. by Nobody: 6:55pm On Sep 17, 2013
Rogbese: Where was this "expert" when Motorola featured a finger print scanner on their phone?

Well, discoveries are made everyday.
Re: German Expert Warns Against Using Iphone5s Fingerprint Function. by Rogbese(m): 12:23am On Sep 18, 2013
The point is, finger print scanners aren't new. Motorola has had them for some time. Lots of laptops do too. I'm not an apple fanboy but why make all this noise now that Apple has it

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