On: Apple Unveils The iPhone 5S

[alxbrun]

My "is it new?" test works this way: how would I explain what's new to my father (who is 74 years old and knows not much about tech). A7, M7, iOS 7, better camera and flash: not much to say. Touch ID OK that's new, but that's not much.

[davidcollantes → alxbrun]

I am sure you can find a way to explain, it is not that hard.

Touch ID is a lot! No more password entering on iTunes. A godsend for someone who has a 26 characters passphrase like me.

[makmanalp → davidcollantes]

If you have a 26 character passphrase, then how are you having an easy time trusting the fingerprint auth?

[davidcollantes → makmanalp]

It is my fingerprint. Why shouldn't I trust it?

[makmanalp → davidcollantes]

It's not about your fingerprint though. It's just that cheap scanners are easy to trick and you leave fingerprints everywhere, including on the very surface you scan it on.

[ricardobeat → makmanalp]

Scanners like the one used only work with live fingers, and read geometry deeper than the surface. You're not going to trigger it with an ordinary collected fingerprint.

[uptown → davidcollantes]

If you're cautious enough to use a 26 character passphrase, why are you comfortable revealing how many characters your passphrase contains?

[cheald → uptown]

Because even if it's just digits and numbers, 62^26 - 62^25 is a non-brute forceable keyspace.

[madisp → cheald]

ah, but it is a passphrase, not a password. Limiting phrases to exactly 26 chars doesn't seem that big anymore.

[bennyg → madisp]

Good luck brute forcing an iPhone without it locking up forever though - regardless of your semantic considerations here.

[veridies → uptown]

It would be kind of ingenious to publicly reveal a false character count.

(A little paranoid, though.)

[acchow → alxbrun]

"The photos look way better" is pretty easy to describe.

[raydev → acchow]

And if they reply that they don't think iPhone 5 photos look bad?

[therandomguy → alxbrun]

"Dad, it looks better, is way faster, makes you healthier, take much better pictures and you don't have to type your pass code 200 times a day"