Researcher Clones Politician's Fingerprint From Public Photos

[Guest]

Another Dent In Fingerprint-Based Security: Chaos Computer Club member clones the fingerprint of German Minister of Defense from her recent public photos.

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[punahou1]

Politicians fingerprints are easy to obtain - just keep their glass from the cocktail party like they do in the movies LOL.

 

[zfreak280]

It sounds like it would be easier to physically rob somebody than do this.

 

[InvalidError]

People leave their fingerprints in hundreds if not thousands of places every day. I would consider fingerprints as INHERENTLY UNSAFE as far as biometric authentication is concerned. At the very least, you need a method to confirm that the fingerprint is a genuine biological article still attached to its original owner.

Some "professional" fingerprint scanners can be fooled by a black-and-white laser-printed copy.

The biggest security issue with biometrics is that once they have been compromised, you are screwed since there is no easy way to change them and for the most part, there is no easy way to protect them either.