Your fingerprint isn't yours

September 27, 2007 by muyiwa

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.

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It gets even better!

November 14, 2008 by Debo (not verified), 4 years 27 weeks ago
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA4Xx5Noxyo

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