off-topic:hacking fingerprint recognition
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I hope this isn't too much off topic, but we were talking last week about
fingerprint scanners, and I just read a really interesting article about a
Japanese researcher who figured out how to fool them by making fake fingers
of gelatin and latent finger prints. It's cool, cheap and ingenious,
something stampers might appreciate. Here's the link >
http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0205.html#5
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming...
fingerprint scanners, and I just read a really interesting article about a
Japanese researcher who figured out how to fool them by making fake fingers
of gelatin and latent finger prints. It's cool, cheap and ingenious,
something stampers might appreciate. Here's the link >
http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0205.html#5
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming...