2014-12-30 17:30 [Photo: sxc / cc / flaivoloka] 
Using photos taken during the press conference of the German defense minister Ursula von der Leyen, the hacker John Krissler recreated minister thumbprint using commonly available software – tells BBC News / Science.
Krissler, also known as ,, Starbug “, a member of the Chaos Computer Club hacker (CCC) has benefited from photos taken with a digital camera normal during the October conference. He was able to get a close-up photo showing thumb von der Leyen lady, also benefited from other images taken at different angles and applied program called VeriFinger. Scores praised when held in Hamburg exit CCC – existing for 31 years of the European association of hackers.
Scan fingerprint biometric is used as the equivalent of a password among others Smartphones Apple and Samsung, it was also used to identify voters during this year’s presidential election in Brazil. However, experts do not consider this technology to be particularly safe.
It is more difficult to fake, eg. The way we move and the pattern of subcutaneous veins (venous pattern use an infrared sensor, used eg in some ATMs installed in Japan and Poland). To the reader checking finger vein system to work, the finger must be a real and connected to a live person.
Krissler suggested that after the publicity of his achievements politicians will be publicly only with gloves. (PAP)
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