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		madeofpalk on Sept 24, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I Hacked Apple’s TouchID and Still Think it is... I believe the article mentions that the iPhone is a relatively poor surface to obtain fingerprints from because there's an extremely high chance they would already be smudged.

grey-area on Sept 24, 2013 [–]

Thanks, just gone to read it. I think they do show up sometimes though - look at this video when they turn the screen off:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM8b8d8kSNQ

Several very clear fingerprints are visible on the glass.

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