Using public traits as identification/authorisation tokens, as biometrics does, has always been problematic. Now fingerprints have become even less safe:
[...] a company has developed a prototype of a device that can scan fingerprints from up to two meters away, an approach that could prove especially useful at security checkpoints in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/27052/?p1=A3 ... or for anyone who wants to steal your biometric credentials. Peter. _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list [email protected] http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
