Comment on Ask HN: Does airport fingerprinting compromise my biometric security?parentComments−logifail2yBiometrics are a terrible choice for sensitive information [..] It is easier to push your thumb on a screen than to pry a password out of your headIt's way worse than that, you may only need photographs of someone's thumb:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/12/polit...−CableNinja2yYou can also just use a gummy bear https://www.theregister.com/2002/05/16/gummi_bears_defeat_fi...−logifail2yThe gummy bear method needed actual fingerprints from the victim (for instance lifted from a glass the victim had touched).The CCC improvement worked merely from photos of the victim's thumb...
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It's way worse than that, you may only need photographs of someone's thumb:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/12/polit...
You can also just use a gummy bear https://www.theregister.com/2002/05/16/gummi_bears_defeat_fi...
The gummy bear method needed actual fingerprints from the victim (for instance lifted from a glass the victim had touched).
The CCC improvement worked merely from photos of the victim's thumb...