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Hackers Claim New Fingerprint Biometric Attack
Ann Harrison, SecurityFocus 2003-08-13

Two German hackers say they have developed a technique to defeat biometric fingerprint scanners used to authenticate electronic purchasing systems. Unlike an earlier fingerprint attack developed by the pair last year, this system creates latex fingertip patches designed to be used while under observation.

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Hackers Claim New Fingerprint Biometric Attack 2003-08-14
Anonymous
You're missing the point of the article. You cant take a finger sensor and fume it with super glue. They use the dusting method which is very quick to grab a print onto tape .. Once they have the print they recreate it onto the circuitboard to it can be "pressed" into latex as latex skin you can act...

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