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May 26th, 2002, 08:55 AM
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Fingerprint security defeated by gummy bear
OK weve recnetly had the latest CD antipiracy defeated by felt tip pens and sticky tape now to cap it all we`ve got Gummi bears defeating fingerprint sensors :
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/25300.html" target="_blank">http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/25300.html</a>
Qoute:
"Tsutomu Matsumoto used gelatine and a plastic mould to create a fake finger, which he found fooled fingerprint detectors four times out of five.
He took latent fingerprints from a glass, which he enhanced with a cyanoacrylate adhesive (super-glue fumes) and photographed with a digital camera. Using PhotoShop, he improved the contrast of the image and printed the fingerprint onto a transparency sheet.
Matsumoto took a photo-sensitive printed-circuit board (which can be found in many electronic hobby shops) and used the fingerprint transparency to etch the fingerprint into the copper.
From this he made a gelatine finger using the print on the PCB, using the same process as before. Again this fooled fingerprint detectors about 80 per cent of the time. "
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