Comment Re:Biometrics (Score 1) 300
>Now imagine that someone manages to replicate your
>fingerprint (which sounds like it will
>take about $10 and an afternoon)
Umm, they need your finger to do that. It is possible that I might not notice a thief picking my pocket, but I'm pretty sure I'd notice if he were trying to make a gelatin mold out of my finger.
Read the Counterpane article! The researcher was able to make a gelatin mold from fingerprints.
>fingerprint (which sounds like it will
>take about $10 and an afternoon)
Umm, they need your finger to do that. It is possible that I might not notice a thief picking my pocket, but I'm pretty sure I'd notice if he were trying to make a gelatin mold out of my finger.
Read the Counterpane article! The researcher was able to make a gelatin mold from fingerprints.