[LeoNatan25]

With TouchID in all new Apple devices, it is much easier now to have complex passcodes without sacrificing usability.

Also, some of these vulnerabilities are slightly outdated with iOS8.

[michaellosee]

Thank you, I knew I was missing something. Also, I found that iOS 8 (mostly) fixed the backdoor:

http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=3820