Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Hacker forged fingerprint policy based on the pictures! – Computer World

One of the members of the association of several thousand hackers from countries
 German club Chaos Computer Club, created ideal
 Reproduction fingerprint Ursula von der Leyen, German
 Minister of Defence.

To perform this task, he needed no trace of a finger
 found on a mug or Macro – enough for a pair
 photos taken during the minister’s press conferences.
 The man made a whole bunch of pictures of the thumb so widely
 VeriFinger dostępnemu software, and then created the physical
 a replica of the fingerprint. Already proven that fake fingerprint
 made the technique he used a hacker can easily deceive
 For example, fingerprint reader placed in the iPhone.

It’s frightening how easily gain access to someone’s confidential
 information protected by fingerprint – you do not even have
 direct contact with the person, or with any object,
 she held. How to protect yourself from the threat? The author discussed
 in takście method advises politicians that appeared in public
 meetings with gloves.

The best way to avoid potential problems would be
 However, the total abandonment of the use of fingerprint sensors
 serious purposes. This system could replace, for example,
 Biometric technology system analyzes the individual lived in
 toes, which operates only in contact with real leather
 living man. The first ATMs using such
 sensors have already appeared in Japan and … in Poland.

And do you trust fingerprint readers? Perhaps the
 unlocking the screen on your smartphone, however, better suited than
 pattern to that code?

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Source: ExtremeTech, photo. wiki commons

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