Well he did approvingly quote some nonsense that the reader would only work on a 'live finger' (presumably it is supposed to be able to detect the presence of a soul?).

http://daringfireball.net/linked/2013/09/12/5s-fingerprint-s...

Along with the other bollocks that has been linked he even chucked this one up just before the weekend, http://daringfireball.net/linked/2013/09/20/touch-id-star trashing the linked news article.

Number 1 on the list from the Toronto Star was "How long before hackers crack the security function?" How 'misinformed' of them.