Author: Michael Madigan
Posted: 2007-11-08 at 14:31:22
Mythbusters had a show on this.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/250607/mythbusters_high_tech_security_system/
--- Robert Jennings <rej@marinesoftware.co.uk> wrote:
> 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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