Hi All,

Been a while since I posted but I've bought a new laptop with a

fingerprint scanner and this though occurred to me:-

What is to stop someone (Law Enforcement or Criminals) lifting my

fingerprint from my laptop and creating a rubber (synthetic) copy of my

fingerprint that they can overlay on to their finger?

Is this possible or is it science-fiction?

If it isn't science fiction then the whole world of biometric security

based on fingerprints is floored and shouldn't be trusted.

Robert

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