Yes. There is a good hack from the CCC where they published the fingerprints of the German Innenminister (equivalent of Attorney General). They also showed how latex fingerprint imprints can fool existing scanners.
On 09/10/2013 05:54 PM, Scott Elcomb wrote: > Starting a new thread - it's related but a slightly different topic. > > Despite having several devices with fingerprint scanners, I've never used one. > > With the release of iPhone 5S and all the discussion around it, I'm > curious if fingerprints on file with various Law Enforcement agencies > could be printed out or otherwise used to unlock devices detained at > border crossings or during other investigations? > -- Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
