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   From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:02:32 GMT, "NobleTrader" wrote:   
      
   > I_Was thinking about the finger printing technology.  I was thinking   
   > that some entrepreneur should be able to form a fake finger that   
   > would   
   > allow an imposter to hack into someone's computer. Here is how it   
   > would work: Y0U lift someone's fingerprint from something that the   
   > person has touched. The company then forms a Rubber finger based on   
   > the lifted print. Now w/ this fake finger, you should be able to log   
   > into that person's computer   
      
   ...assuming that said person is using a computer with fingerprint   
   security.   
      
   > what do you think of this idea? Do you think that there would be a   
   > Niche market for this kind of service?   
      
   This has been theoretically possible for a long time, using IIRC scotch   
   tape. (I don't know about in practice; never had reason to try it. The   
   theory involved framing a person for a crime by placing false   
   fingerprints.)   
      
   > A converse way of asking my question is: Don't you think that finger   
   > scanners on computers would be vulnerable to this type of hacking?   
      
   Nearly all computerized fingerprint scanners are... not so much   
   "vulnerable", but can be messed with.   
      
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