Scamming the Scanners

As more and more colleges consider experimenting with biometric security systems, it’s worth remembering that fingerprint scanners—like all security tools—are less than perfect. Researchers at Clarkson University have found that they can fool the scanners 9 times out of 10 by making fake fingerprints out of Play-Doh.

Campus officials who want to fine-tune their biometric systems can set their scanners to sense the moisture patterns of perspiration on real fingers, the researchers add. (InformationWeek)

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