It is Apple's way to get more money from Apple fans. Make the home button that break easily and charge them ridiculous amount of money
You must be having a laugh. The thing is extremely hard to damage.
It is Apple's way to get more money from Apple fans. Make the home button that break easily and charge them ridiculous amount of money
Which, according to the article, they could still do as long as they don't upgrade the ios. Think.
Congrats to the user who replaces a faulty home button to find that they just spent all of their money on a cheap part that will be prevented to work at all.lol... the trouble is, it contains much more valuable info and one break-n in touch id will destroy the entire apple pay and security system. i dont blame apple on this. but they should simply have disabled the touch id and wipe off any sensitive data. instead of disabling the entire phone.
I feel like the security feature should disable use of the fingerprint reader if it's not a genuine Apple part...not disable access to the phone entirely.Inconvenient, but makes sense. You're dealing with an advanced security feature, not just a simple clicky button.
No need to disable the entire phone over this though. Find an unauthorized touch-id sensor is present, disable touch-id, and make it work just a button like it was in the iPhone 5. Disabling the entire device and all functionality is taking it way too far.
Yes, because Google is the first name I think of when I think of security. Brings back the fond memories of both my father and friend's gmail accounts being hacked and then both being locked out. Good times.
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If you need a new key doesn't that have to come from the manufacturer and by paired/coded at not inconsiderable cost?This will happen soon with cars as well. Mark my word.
I agree, but Apple could have made just forced the phone to be restored instead of being bricked. Data is safe in both scenarios but int he first one you have a phone that is not a brick.You understand the security risks though? If someone could just install hacked touch ID sensors, then your data could be compromised. Apple has a responsibility to prevent scenarios like that.
And you don't have to get it fixed by Apple per se, but they probably need to be an authorized repair center. Otherwise what's to stop cheap repair shops from putting in Chinese knockoff TouchID sensors and putting your security and or personal information at risk?
This is Apple telling us not to venture out of their ecosystem. In this case, if you try it your phone will be bricked. Imagine if you had to use genuine GM parts to repair your car or else your care is bricked. This scares the **** out of me.
Well if I replace the door locking system on my car, and get it done at a non-honda garage, it doesn't stop the car from being usable..... so No, you're not
This is Apple telling us not to venture out of their ecosystem. In this case, if you try it your phone will be bricked. Imagine if you had to use genuine GM parts to repair your car or else your care is bricked. This scares the **** out of me.
They can't separate the functions. would you want to use a phone where the phone can send your info to somebody else just because you used a cheap knock offs part
Don't be silly. This involves the security of the TouchID system. . . . But as such, I have to disagree with you.
No need to disable the entire phone over this though. Find an unauthorized touch-id sensor is present, disable touch-id, and make it work just a button like it was in the iPhone 5. Disabling the entire device and all functionality is taking it way too far.
This is in no shape or form a good thing. A message alerting the user to the dangers of the third party home button would have been more than enough, and they could have coupled that with disabling Touch ID on the device until a genuine replacement home button is acquired.
This is a very Microsoft Xbox 360 era thing to do.
It annoys me that they would brick a phone over this because I don't
That's why you use an authorized and certified Apple repair shop. They will know what those components are. Apple doesn't want to hear or be blamed when the user or somebody non-authorized screws something upBut it is not just about the touch ID. The Apple spokeswoman in the article says: he adds: “When an iPhone is serviced by an unauthorized repair provider, faulty screens or other invalid components that affect the touch ID sensor could cause the check to fail if the pairing cannot be validated.”
So screens and other components are deemed to "affect the touch ID". How are we going to know what these components are when we get our phone repaired?