Biometric Law Worries: iPhone 5s Fingerprint Scanner

On September 10, Apple announced two new iPhones. The premium iPhone 5s sports a fingerprint scanning security system that Apple acquired and adapted from AuthenTec. Subsequently, the entire Internet rose up in a fury of protests, worries and paranoia. The objections include: what if someone lifts my prints and is able to access my phone; what if the government steals my fingerprints like the rest of my telephony metadata? [Read more…]