I still use a numerical code to access my phone and iPads!!! On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2016/03/so-thumbprint-thing-your-phone-useless-now/126523/?oref=defenseone_today_nl > > > So That Thumbprint Thing on Your Phone Is Useless Now > > March 8, 2016 By Kaveh Waddell > <http://www.defenseone.com/voices/kaveh-waddell/7678/>The Atlantic > <http://www.theatlantic.com/> > > Researchers found a cheap, easy way to copy your fingerprints a few months > after millions of Americans had theirs stolen by hackers. > > > > Last year, when the Office of Personnel Management notified 22 million > people that their personal information was compromised in a massive data > breach, one in four received especially nasty news. For most hack victims, > the sensitive personal data that was exposed included Social Security > numbers, health and financial records, names of relatives, and past > addresses. But 5.6 million people learned that their fingerprints were > also stolen. > > At the time of the announcement, OPM downplayed the importance of the > stolen fingerprints. “Federal experts believe that, as of now, the ability > to misuse fingerprint data is limited,” an OPM statement read. “However, > this probability could change over time as technology evolves.” > > That was in September. Now, researchers have developed a cheap and easy > way to print out an image of a fingerprint with enough accuracy to fool > commercially available fingerprint readers—using just a standard > inkjet printer. > > The method, outlined in a paper > <http://www.cse.msu.edu/rgroups/biometrics/Publications/Fingerprint/CaoJain_HackingMobilePhonesUsing2DPrintedFingerprint_MSU-CSE-16-2.pdf> > published > last month, is certainly not the first one to produce fake fingerprints > that are able to fool readers. But where earlier methods required more time > and specialized materials, this new method is replicable in just about any > home office. > > *Related: China Is Watching the FBI-Apple Battle Very Closely > <http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2016/03/china-fbi-apple-encryption/126450/>* > > <a href=" > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?sz=600x300&c=494375936&iu=%2F617%2Fdefenseone.com%2Fsection_technology%2Fcontent%2Fpid_126523&t=noscript%3Dtrue%26referring_domain%3DTyped%252FBookmarked%26pos%3Ddefenseone-instream%26level%3D0";>< > img src=" > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?sz=600x300&c=284068952&iu=%2F617%2Fdefenseone.com%2Fsection_technology%2Fcontent%2Fpid_126523&t=noscript%3Dtrue%26referring_domain%3DTyped%252FBookmarked%26pos%3Ddefenseone-instream%26level%3D0"/>< > /a> > > *Related: FBI Head: Apple is Taking Us To a ‘Different World’ > <http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2016/02/fbi-apple-taking-us-different-world/126224/>* > > To create a working copy of a fingerprint, the study authors—Kai Cao and > Anil Jain, both researchers at Michigan State University—started by > installing special ink cartridges and paper in a Brother inkjet printer. > Both materials came from a Japanese company called AgIC: The ink can > conduct electricity when printed on the specialized paper, effectively > creating a printed circuit. The researchers scanned a fingerprint in high > resolution, mirrored it, and printed it with the retrofitted inkjet. > > The researchers placed the fake, printed fingerprint on the fingerprint > readers of two popular Android phones, a Samsung Galaxy S6 and a Huawei > Hornor 7. Both phones were set up to unlock with the owner’s real > fingerprint—but the fake version of the same finger fooled them. (Cao told > *Quartz > <http://qz.com/631697/a-regular-inkjet-printer-can-spoof-a-fingerprint-and-unlock-a-phone-in-under-15-minutes/>* > that > he had mixed results when using an iPhone.) > > Everything you need to create a paper version of your (or someone else’s) > fingerprint can be shipped to your door for less than $450. > > The easy fingerprint-spoofing method is particularly worrisome in the > context of the OPM breach. After all, prints aren’t just useful for > unlocking smartphones—they can also be used to authorize financial > transactions, from small Apple Pay purchases to large bank transfers. And, > of course, once a fingerprint has been compromised, there’s no resetting it > the way you can change a password—short of a thumb transplant. > > The simplicity and speed of the new fingerprint-spoofing method makes it > easy to copy a lot of fingerprints fast, Cao told me in an email. His > method is remarkable because the fake fingerprints are > two-dimensional—earlier techniques required raising the ridges of a fake > fingerprint with latex or wood glue. > > Fingerprint-copying enthusiasts following along at home can get started > for cheap. Everything you need to create a paper version of your (or > someone else’s) fingerprint can be shipped to your door for less than $450. > > For the millions of OPM hack victims who had their fingerprint data > compromised, that’s unhappy news. 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