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Doctors Bypass Biometric Scanners With Fake Fingers
jfruh writes "At a Brazilian hospital, doctors were required to check in with a fingerprint scanner to show that they've showed up for work. Naturally, they developed a system to bypass this requirement, creating fake fingers so that they could cover for one another when they took unauthorized time off. Another good example of how supposedly foolproof security tech can in fact be fooled pretty easily."
A decade ago, a friend of mine suggested that if they *really* wanted foolproof biometrics, to use "colon terrain mapping".
I told him that I wasn't sure that I could be his friend anymore...
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
...they gave the government the finger...
It can be canceled at the biometric level...
You are just squeamish about the organ replacement process.
I bet you found it inconvenient to change your passwords every 90 days as well.
I hope he does not have a job selling hardware to the TSA.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.