Reverse-Engineered Irises Fool Eye-Scanners

Maximum Prophet writes "If you've ever had your eyes scanned, be sure to install new ones every 90 days. Wired reports on research being released at Black Hat: 'The replica images, they say, can trick commercial iris-recognition systems into believing they’re real images and could help someone thwart identification at border crossings or gain entry to secure facilities protected by biometric systems. The work goes a step beyond previous work on iris-recognition systems. Previously, researchers have been able to create wholly synthetic iris images that had all of the characteristics of real iris images — but weren’t connected to real people. The images were able to trick iris-recognition systems into thinking they were real irises, though they couldn’t be used to impersonate a real person. But this is the first time anyone has essentially reverse-engineered iris codes to create iris images that closely match the eye images of real subjects, creating the possibility of stealing someone’s identity through their iris.'"

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Ob. Demolition Man reference

[Tastecicles]

If Simon Phoenix wants my iris code, hell he can just have a photocopy! Fuckhead... I'll keep both my eyes.

["Tastecicles, you are fined one credit for violation of the Verbal Morality Statute."]

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[Jeremiah Cornelius]

Who'd have thought they could do this? I mean the TSA has been duplicating SPHINCTERS for years, now - but irises are a Van Gough level of complexity!