BiometricsFaking a fingerprint

Published 2 July 2008

A tech blogger argues there is no such thing as fingerprint reader that cannot be fooled; as proof, he offers several videos showing different techniques for faking readers

A ZDNet.UK blogger argues that there is no fingerprint sensor that cannot be tricked by artificial fingerprints. The prove his point, he compiled a few available videos which show how it can be done. Here are some of them:

The blogger says I he is not against using biometrics: He says that it should just be used in the right place and that it should “be called by the right name — not security provider, but security assistant.”