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   Perhaps if you first lift the print, make a rubber finger, then stick it way   
   up your ass ... it just might hit something remotely useful.   
      
      
   "Auric__"  wrote in message   
   news:fiemf5$gia$1@registered.motzarella.org...   
   > 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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