Dont worry, your severed fingers wont unlock your iPhone 5S

Panic ensues when Apple announces its fingerprint scanner. However, a closer reading suggests that finger-chopping might not be so worthwhile for thieves.

I've been going through Apple's App Store in search of new products.

I've been looking for specially designed needles, thread for stitching, and possibly fingernails.

You see, some people have been worrying that with the new Touch ID, a biometric fingerprint sensor built into the iPhone 5S, they will have their fingers cut off. And, well, you know, business is business.

Still, there was no sign of such accessories in the App Store. And there may be less cause for concern than first entered people's suspicious heads.

I am grateful to Fast Company's CoLabs for attempting to soothe furrowed brows and tightly clenched fists.

It explains that Apple's scanner doesn't work by optics. Rather, Apple's new system probes beneath the layer of you skin to see the real live action beneath.

So the sensor is looking for something that has slightly more alive characteristics than, you know, a severed finger.

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