[117008] in Cypherpunks
RE: On Resisting the Jackbooted Thugs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucky Green)
Wed Aug 25 02:31:20 1999
From: "Lucky Green" <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
To: "William Hugh Murray" <whmurray@sprynet.com>, <cypherpunks@cyberpass.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 23:16:52 -0700
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William Hugh Murray wrote:
> Assuming that the biometric is
> implemented in such a way as to resist replay, getting sufficient
> information to forge the biometric without your knowledge may be
> particularly irksome.
At CCC Camp, see http://www.ccc.de/camp/update.html for some trip reports, I
watched somebody bypass a fingerprint scanner with nothing but candle wax, a
cigarette paper, and spit. Admittedly, that's the low end. Still, I have yet
to see a fingerprint scanner that can't be fooled using less than $50 in
parts and a few hours of time. Only two times five minutes of these hours
have to be spent in the vicinity of the scanner. Many other biometric
authentication methods are worse. Only a few are better.
Have fun,
--Lucky
