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Cry To Beat Iris Scanners

Posted by timothy on from the being-maudlin-has-its-privileges dept.

Ant writes "The Register has an article on how crying beats iris scanners. An MP who volunteered to take part in the UK ID card trials says the iris scanner used is uncomfortable and made his eyes water... The water in his eyes actually stopped the scanner from working, and it seems long eyelashes and hard contact lenses could fox it too... So we're going to have a system that is derailed by a few tears and fluttering eyelashes?"

4 of 373 comments (clear)

  1. Re:How to fool an eye scan by Killjoy_NL · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just in case you're not familiar with it, "Jackass" is the name of a MTV show where some weird people do all kinds of weird stunts where they often hurt themselves.

    I wasn't cussing him, I wouldn't cuss an Aussie, they're fun people :)

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  2. Re:Am I the only one worried by all this? by Oligonicella · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Saddam...Bush..."

    Yes, off topic, and stupid.

  3. Re:Tech meet Typical by CrowScape · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Let's get Kerry in office and make sure our leaders respect the constitution.

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Good one! Kerry respecting the Constitution... Very funny.

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  4. Re:Tech meet Typical by Tandoori+Haggis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I knew someone who had whale curry in Svalbard....

    http://www.svalbard.com/

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