John Andersen wrote: > Lifting a print and then embedding that print into a putty mold takes > significantly more skill and training than the average snatch/grab artist > is likely to muster. >
I think the method involved using the latent print to etch a PC board, then taking the mold off that. This is sophisticated, true, but it doesn't involve any materials that an average person can't get their hands on or any skills an average person can't master. It's not just snatch/grab thugs you have to worry about. Identity theft has gotten pretty sophisticated. Once your fingerprints are compromised you can't change them, and the assumption is going to be that you authorized whatever the crook did...after all, the reader read your fingerprint, right? By contrast, a PIN can easily be changed if it's compromised. I fear that if biometrics become widespread we'll have the same problems with them that we currently have with SSNs. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
