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Re: [Clips] Engineer Outwits Fingerprint Recognition Devices with Play-Doh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Travis H.)
Mon Dec 12 10:05:22 2005
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Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 02:05:53 -0600
From: "Travis H." <solinym@gmail.com>
To: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com>
Cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com
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A recent magazine article suggested a spoofing technique involving
wrapping one's finger with a few layers of cellophane; the latent
print on the reader apparently is visible enough to be reused in this
manner, at least with some currently-available scanners.
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