ka1ifq wrote: > On Saturday 24 March 2007 13:34, David Brodbeck wrote: > >> Rajko M. wrote: >> >>> 2) Is there any bank that is asking for such identification for credit >>> cards? There will be no so much problems with stolen identities if they >>> would. >>> >> Fingerprint readers are not foolproof. I remember reading an article >> not long ago where some researchers took impressions of people's fingers >> and made fake fingerprints out of gelatin. They fooled several popular >> fingerprint reading devices. This worries me because fingerprint >> technology effectively relies on a secret "password" that cannot be >> changed. If someone finds out your PIN, you can always change it. If >> someone steals your fingerprints, you're stuck. Over-reliance on >> biometrics may create more problems than it solves. >> > > This was done on a popular show "Mythbusters". They are not > accomplished > crooks but figured out how to do it in a short period of time. They did not > reveal the information on how they managed to defeat the reader, but the > manufacturer did claim it was foolproof, guess not. One way or another > information on new technology gets leaked and it gets busted.. > As I understand it all you need is super glue, a bit of plastic and a glass with the targets dabs to get an impression. Transferring the impression to a an object is a little more tricky. For more sophisticated readers the object may need to heated to blood temperature.
Foolproof security is a bit like like the myth of the unsinkable ship. Once human ingenuity (or incompetence) enters the equation anything can happen (and often does). :-) > > Mike >
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