This would be plausible if the iPhone’s sensor didn’t require capacitance to be present in a pattern that matches the fingerprint – no chopped off digits or high resolution print outs will work. It may be possible to do some Mission:Impossible style overlay that adjusts the capacitance of an existing fingerprint to match a scan of somebody else’s, but by that point you’ve probably got bigger things to worry about than whether the super spy wants to read your phone.
