Why you will NEVER see a fingerprint scanner built in
Just watch this video of mythbusters beating fingerprint security on these locks. These are suppposedly the most advanced fingerprint scanners in the world, used at the pentagon, cia, ect.
They were able to be it with a photocopied thumbprint taped to their real finger. Nice :-)
They were able to be it with a photocopied thumbprint taped to their real finger. Nice :-)
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=oXyFmieZjiE
Just watch this video of mythbusters beating fingerprint security on these locks. These are suppposedly the most advanced fingerprint scanners in the world, used at the pentagon, cia, ect.
They were able to be it with a photocopied thumbprint taped to their real finger. Nice :-)
think you mean "beat it"
y'know like Michael Jackson said!
is this really apple related?
No. Apple Outsider fools! Anyways, the CIA/FBI uses retinal scans for very confidential info. And Apple will never include finger print scanners in the near or far future. It is not athetically pleasing, not practical for personal computing, etc.
I once thought of the keyboards that use a laser technology in the keys of a keyboard to scan finger prints quickly as you type your password in. The computer would check for more than one finger print match than just one, making it harder to duplicate, in addition to the fact that the password has to be typed in anyways.
yea ok lets ask the head of the fbi if i can photocopy his thumb...LMAO yea thats gonna happen
They could just get the print right off the fingerprint scanner with chemicals and a camera. print the picture off and scan that through
Note: they still had to get a fingerprint...
Note, also, how hard it was to get. Meaning, not very. Hell, it was the oldest trick in the book: hand your mark a glass/can, let them drink, lift the prints.
If you're wanting to break into a laptop, it might be even easier. Just start lifting prints off the back of the display, where most folks grab it to open/close the laptop.
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Anyways, the CIA/FBI uses retinal scans for very confidential info.
I hope you don't see that on a computer near you anytime soon. THen you'll start hearing reports of people getting mugged, and having their eyeball popped out so the burglars could gain access to their computers, or enter their home. Yuk!
The more complicated the lock, the easier it is to break.
You have to remember that, while the locks are getting more sophisticated, so are the tools available to break them.
I hope you don't see that on a computer near you anytime soon. THen you'll start hearing reports of people getting mugged, and having their eyeball popped out so the burglars could gain access to their computers, or enter their home. Yuk!
I was NOT advocating retinal scans on a computer. That would be lame. And btw, you can't cut out an eyeball with retinal scans. It looks at dialation and movement. Some even flash a burst of flash at the eye to make it contract to show that it is a eye in a live person. In addition, there is technology that can detect fear in eyes.
There was another machine there which worked far better: a palm sensor that doesn't read the palm print, but rather the heat index from the blood vessels in the palm. The reject rate was only 3% and it is almost impossible to make an image of the heat signature without a sensor like the one in the device. This machine actually allowed security codes to be used in tandem with the palm images, just to add a little more security.
I hope you don't see that on a computer near you anytime soon. THen you'll start hearing reports of people getting mugged, and having their eyeball popped out so the burglars could gain access to their computers, or enter their home. Yuk!
That doesn't actually work
Retinal scans require blood in the capiliaries.
Not to mention the quick breakdown of eyeballs after they've been without circulation. Retinas especially are incredibly fragile.
So no, minority report was wrong.
That doesn't actually work
Would make a good movie action sequence, though.
once i left my car keys inside the car and the locksmith used a cheap aluminum hook to open the car again (took him under 5 minutes).
a few weeks ago my girlfriend got locked out of her office cubicle and i opened it with a plastic calling card.
so i guess what i am trying to say is that you can fool many security systems with rudimentary tools. 8)