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Doctors Bypass Biometric Scanners With Fake Fingers

Posted by Soulskill on from the no-technology-can-trump-laziness dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Retina Scanners... by ctime · · Score: 4, Informative

    Iris scanners have lower false positive rejection rates and are more accurate than Retina scanners, which do exist. Retinas can become damaged and change with time, unlike the human iris which does not under normal circumstances change during lifetimes.

    Iris scanners considered the best biometric authentication, they are also typically the most expensive (look up the LG scanner pricing).

    http://www.lgiris.com/ps/products/previousmodels/irisaccess2200.htm

    http://web2.utc.edu/~Li-Yang/cpsc4600/6-Iris-DNA/IRIS-Retina.ppt has some good info on the differences.