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Subverting Fingerprinting

Posted by kdawson on from the on-a-stalk dept.

squizzar writes in with news of a 27 year old Chinese woman who was discovered to have had her fingerprints surgically swapped between hands in order to fool Japanese immigration. "It is Japan's first case of alleged biometric fraud, but police believe the practice may be widespread. ... The apparent ability of illegal migration networks to break through hi-tech controls suggests that other countries who fingerprint visitors could be equally vulnerable — not least the United States, according to BBC Asia analyst Andre Vornic." Time for some biometric escalation. Could iris scans be subverted as easily?

2 of 169 comments (clear)

  1. Skip the prints and the eyes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Brainwave scans are the way to go.

  2. more on topic than xkcd ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    more on topic than xkcd !
    http://comicjk.com/comic.php/306