This video shows how easy it is to copy another person's fingerprint and successfully authenticate using it on a fingerprint reader, the sort that is becoming increasingly common either built into laptops, or as USB attachments. Although the sound track is in German, it's quite easy to follow what's going on. Basically, all you need is some reasonably good computer skills, plus

• The lid from a plastic bottle
• Superglue
• A digital camera
• Wood glue
• Cosmetic glue
• An image processing program
• An inkjet printer

So, if you think fingerprint recognition is safe, you probably want to think again.