Comment Not conclusive... (Score 2, Interesting) 378
Has anyone read the actual report?
In order to get the latent prints (from which the 'fake' prints are created), the experimenters had their subjects wipe their finger on their nose (to make the latent prints easier to capture), had them press their finger on a glass platen, and even checked if their fingers had scars (if so, they chose another, better finger).
With this kind of cooperation and preparation, no wonder they beat the systems. As anyone knows, once you have someone on the inside you can break any security system.
In the real world, latent prints are blurred, not defined; smudged, not clean; and might not even be the finger the user has enrolled in the fingerprint device itself. Fingers don't come with labels like 'index' or 'thumb'.
Again, if the experimenters retrieved their samples from a dirty beer glass in a smoky bar I'd be more concerned, but...they didn't. The world of the lab is a lot different from the real world.
Let's take these reports in context, fellow Slashdotters.
In any case, I say we argue for fingerprint devices that protect fingerprint templates by matching and storing them on-board a device that you carry with you as another reply mentioned, where the fingerprint templates are encrypted or protected.
In order to get the latent prints (from which the 'fake' prints are created), the experimenters had their subjects wipe their finger on their nose (to make the latent prints easier to capture), had them press their finger on a glass platen, and even checked if their fingers had scars (if so, they chose another, better finger).
With this kind of cooperation and preparation, no wonder they beat the systems. As anyone knows, once you have someone on the inside you can break any security system.
In the real world, latent prints are blurred, not defined; smudged, not clean; and might not even be the finger the user has enrolled in the fingerprint device itself. Fingers don't come with labels like 'index' or 'thumb'.
Again, if the experimenters retrieved their samples from a dirty beer glass in a smoky bar I'd be more concerned, but...they didn't. The world of the lab is a lot different from the real world.
Let's take these reports in context, fellow Slashdotters.
In any case, I say we argue for fingerprint devices that protect fingerprint templates by matching and storing them on-board a device that you carry with you as another reply mentioned, where the fingerprint templates are encrypted or protected.
