The new iPhone will recognize your cat's paw as well as your fingerprint.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

Tech-industry watchers who got advance copies of the iPhone 5s gave thumbs-up to its new fingerprint ID feature — which allows users to unlock the phone just by touching a sensor.

But a techie Web site discovered that even a cat’s paw can do the trick.

Cats have fingerprints just like humans, TechCrunch said, and blogger Darrell Etherington found he could register the paw of a colleague’s cat on a 5s.

The cat was repeatedly able to unlock the phone using that paw, but not with the other paw, he said. A video of the cat’s deed went viral Thursday.

http://nypost.com/2013/09/19/rabid-apple-fans-camp-out-for-new-iphones/

Does this mean I have to get a new iPhone for my cat?

[TexasTowelie]

1. Not yet,

but you might want to check the "status" on both you and your cat's Facebook pages.

[awoke_in_2003]

2. This is an evil plot....

just last week someone posted a pic of a cat with what look like opposable thumbs. Humans are doomed.