[ale] Ouch. Stay away from proprietary technology.

[Steve Tynor]

Disabling the fingerprint recognition upon detecting this sort of 
"tampering" seems like a reasonable thing to do. Bricking the phone, not 
so much.

Steve

On 2/5/16 12:31 PM, James Sumners wrote:
> The key bit is this:
>
> "The issue appears to affect handsets where the home button, which has 
> touch ID fingerprint recognition built-in, has been repaired by a 
> “non-official” company or individual. It has also reportedly affected 
> customers whose phone has been damaged but who have been able to carry 
> on using it without the need for a repair."
>
> I don't think it's a crybaby, "you didn't let us fix it", thing. It 
> seems pretty clear from that description of the problem that Apple is 
> trying to prevent tampering with the fingerprint scanner, i.e. it's a 
> security thing.
>
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Charles Shapiro 
> <hooterpincher at gmail.com <mailto:hooterpincher at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Apple bricks phones repaired by unauthorized shops.
>
>     http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
>
>     -- CHS
>
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