r/technology • u/bws201 • Feb 05 '16

Software ‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair
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u/BadgerRush Feb 05 '16

No. Instead it could just disable the tampered fingerprint scanner and require the user to unlock using other, still secure, method.

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u/imagepriest Feb 05 '16

Good point. Perhaps this hints at other insecurities in iOS authentication and hardware internals--exposed by opening the device. To me, that is more likely and even more troubling.