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Fingerprint Scanners Fooled By Play-Doh

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the homer-says-doh dept.

* * Beatles-Beatles writes to tell us YubaNet is reporting that in recent tests by Stephanie C Schuckers, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Clarkston University, she has shown that, among other things, biometric security measures were fooled 90% of the time by simple attacks like Play-Doh molds. From the article: "Schuckers' biometric research is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Office of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense. She is currently assessing spoofing vulnerability in fingerprint scanners and designing methods to correct for these as part of a $3.1 million interdisciplinary research project funded through the NSF."

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  1. Is i just me by plaxion · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or is it starting to look like ScuttleMonkey is getting kickbacks from **Beatles-Beatles?

  2. LOL by Red+Samurai · · Score: 5, Funny

    Better not install it in a kindergarten then.

  3. Welcome to Slashdot by Motherfucking+Shit · · Score: 5, Funny

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  4. Gummy bears by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    A guy at work was always talking about using gummy bears to commit the perfect crime. You somehow make a mold of someone's fingerprint using that gummy bear material. Then you use it on a fingerprint scanner, which gets fooled by it, and it lets you in. Then, get this- you eat the gummy bear fingerprint mold, and permanently destroy the evidence of your intrusion.

    I always thought that was a little disgusting. You mean you're just going to eat that thing right after you pressed it against a disgusting fingerprint scanner?

    1. Re:Gummy bears by frankmu · · Score: 4, Funny

      i think the 5 second rule would apply, so it would be safe to eat.

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  5. Next: man on terrorist watch list after buying Doh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you have no children and buy PLay-doh you might be added to the terrorist watching list as a security risk.

  6. Re:They are also annoying in other ways by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I for one have a problem logging on via the scanner after a longer bath

    I don't think that is a concern for most of the people who read this site.

  7. Conspiracy. by Jaruzel · · Score: 4, Funny

    ScuttleMonkey IS ... * * Beatles-Beatles ?

    -Jar.
    (Who is so happy now he can join in with the Beatles-Beatles thing)

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  8. Re:Good security by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 5, Funny
    What is he supposed to do, remember all two hundred peoples faces that pass him in a day?

    He stands near the scanner. And if he sees that anybody puts something else than his finger on the scanner, he shoots ;-)

  9. I Don't Know About You Guys But... by Niraj59 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... I, for one, enjoy * * Beatles-Beatles's articles. Everything he posts is news to me and the content is stuff that matters to me. I especially love his well-designed, non-sketchy website. If Slashdot would implement his wonderful CSS styles (when you hover over text, it all becomes italicized and underlined with a box drawn around it) my experience here would be great. Is there any way we can make * * Beatles-Beatles a moderator, or better yet, an administrator on Slashdot? That would be excellent. Keep up the great work ScuttleMonkey and * * Beatles-Beatles!

  10. Re:Redundancy... by this+great+guy · · Score: 5, Funny
    Redundancy is key...

    That's why we all have 10 fingers.