okay, so lets not "break off" into talk about cutting fingers off to fool the device...
Credit card fingerprint database turned over to feds without a warrant.
They caught me for murder because of my credit card, this is un constitutional. /S
Something must be done about identity theft. Simple text data like date of birth, mother's maiden name, etc are simply too easy to duplicate.Something should connect the physical person to the transaction. Public key encryption is also a possibility to be considered.
And then there is the perrenial question about identification of voters . . .
What with North Korean counterfeiting, it would seem that this might become the only way to keep our economy above water. Currency can only be so difficult to counterfeit, and nothing prevents a government from accomplishing it if it is determined enough.
they are making this WAY more complicated than it needs to be. your print should be on file at the BANK not on the card.
when it sends the card number and charge into the bank, it sends your print scan too... no need for bulky cards with backups etc. that's just a money scam.
[PDF] Impact of Artificial "Gummy" Fingers on Fingerprint Systems
| File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat impossible to measure. The compliance was also examined for live and gummy fingers. ... Gummy fingers, which are easy to make with cheep, easily ... web.mit.edu/6.857/OldStuff/Fall03/ref/gummy-slides.pdf - |
"Gummy Fingers" Fool Fingerprint Readers
| A Japanese amateur scientist fools fingerprint recognition devices by molding a "gummy" replica of a human finger from the popular candy. www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,13730,00.asp - 87k - |
| Gummy fingers can even fool sensors being watched by guards. ... (Moistening the gummy finger helps defeat sensors that measure moisture or electrical ... www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0205.html - 55k - |
This hacker's got the gummy touch | CNET News.com
| Matsumoto calls the result, a flat lozenge of gelatin, a "gummy finger," and it ... Such a technique requires access to someone's finger to make the gummy ... news.com.com/2100-1001-915580.html - 36k - |
totse.com | Impact of Artificial "Gummy" Fingers on Fingerprint ...
| This paper reports that gummy fingers, namely artificial fingers that are ... We describe how to make the molds, and then show that the gummy fingers, ... www.totse.com/en/bad_ideas/locks_and_security/164704.html - 64k - |
The Atlantic | September 2002 | Homeland Insecurity | Mann
| Gummi Fingers. Tsutomu Matsumoto, a Japanese cryptographer, recently decided to look at biometric fingerprint devices. These are security systems that ... www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/09/mann_c.htm - |
Citations: Impact of Artificial Gummy Fingers on Fingerprint ...
| T. Matsumoto et al., Impact of Artificial Gummy Fingers on Fingerprint Systems, Proc. SPIE, Optical Security and Counterfeit Deterrence Techniques IV, vol. citeseer.ifi.unizh.ch/context/2190153/0 - 8k - |
Detectors licked by gummy fingers : Nature
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[PPT] The Biometric Dilemma
| File Format: Microsoft Powerpoint - View as HTML Option: gelatin (“gummy fingers” used by Matsumoto); Option: silicone (used by Willis; Thalheim) ... You can place the “gummy finger” over your real finger. ... www.smat.us/crypto/docs/bh-us-02-smith-biometric.ppt - (Sorry, some of those require a subscription to access.) |