The new Iphone 5s includes a fingerprint sensor instead of a password to get into your phone. Sen. Al Franken doesn’t think it’s a safe idea. Franken said that while a password can be kept a secret and changed if it’s hacked, fingerprints are permanent and left on everything a person touches. He also said, “If hackers get a hold of your thumbprint, they could use it to identify and impersonate you for the rest of your life.” Apple says that the fingerprint data is stored in a place on the phone that other apps can’t access. This argument about passwords can go on forever. The good news is that there is an option of disabling the fingerprint password and using the regular 4 number password.
This is my personal opinion on the Apple fingerprint passcode. I don’t think that the fingerprint password is a good idea. For example, if the mom’s daughter wants to play with her phone she wouldn’t be able to unless her mom put her fingerprint into the phone. Also, what if the person who owns the phone forgot what finger they used? Then they’d probably have to get a whole new phone. And what if the person had an evil twin? The twin would have the same DNA and be able to get into her sisters phone. Then she would use her sisters pictures and information against her. She might even lose job opportunities because of that. So, as you can see the fingerprint password is a really bad idea.
~Victoria