The defeat of biometric security! The fingerprint can be … – Interia

How to copy our fingerprints? It turns out that this can be done without physical contact us or objects, which touched. Such was the case German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen.

Ursula von der Leyen victim of theft … fingerprints.

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I remember how intrigued me the information that the German group Der Sperrtechnik Sportsfreunde reconstructed using 3D printing key that opens the police handcuffed solely on the basis of the image captured to some policeman on the street. The key turned out to work, and its design was then made available on the network. Just a few years was enough to fell another bastion of security – fingerprint.

Scan fingerprint authentication is a popular way. We can find it both in castles, opening different doors, as well as in electronic equipment. I really liked the convenience afforded by this method of authentication – instead of using the username and password, just touch your finger to the reader in a laptop, tablet or smartphone.

Unfortunately, it turns out that our fingerprints, we can easily steal. And it is not about busy collecting fingerprints (film recalls scheme – give someone a glass of soda to get the impression), but of acting without physical contact – at a distance.

Theft finger minister

Victim of the “theft” fell in October quite important figure – German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen. Informed the Jan Krissler the Chaos Computer Club (CCC), which also described the way in which managed to get fingerprints minister.

He used to ordinary digital camera, which, during a press conference at different angles taken a series of pictures of her hand. That was enough to play and copy fingerprint fingerprint.

The fingerprint is no longer safe

It’s hard to imagine what the consequences are this event. And it’s not just the fact that fingerprint scanners manufacturers use various electronic gadgets, such as Samsung and Apple. The case is much more serious, as evidenced for example. Used in Brazil, biometric voter identification system is based on fingerprint scanning granting access to various facilities or premises. According to Jan Krisslera is the end of biometric security based on fingerprints.

The article used the information from the website Hacker News, Rzeczpospolita, the Guardian and the Mirror.

Luke Michalik

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