thanks John, it is interesting...
marc > Aussie Kids Foil Finger Scanner With Gummi -- > > This might be of interest; > > Casts of terminally ill peoples fingerprints sold at - > http://buymyfingerprints.com/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:09:20 +0100 > From: info <i...@furtherfield.org <mailto:i...@furtherfield.org>> > Subject: [NetBehaviour] Aussie Kids Foil Finger Scanner With Gummi > Bears. > To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org > <mailto:netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org>> > Message-ID: <4cca9d50.3010...@furtherfield.org > <mailto:4cca9d50.3010...@furtherfield.org>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Aussie Kids Foil Finger Scanner With Gummi Bears. > > "An Australian high school has installed 'secure' fingerprint scanners > for roll call for senior students > > (http://www.zdnet.com.au/sweet-bypass-for-student-finger-scanner-339306878.htm), > which savvy kids may be able to circumvent with sweets from their > lunch > box. The system replaces the school's traditional sign-in system with > biometric readers that require senior students to have their > fingerprints read to verify attendance. The school principal says > (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/26/3048694.htm) the system > is better than swipe cards because it stops truant kids getting their > mates to sign-in for them. But using the Gummi Bear attack > (http://cryptome.org/gummy.htm), students can make replicas of > their own > fingerprints from gelatin, the ingredient in Gummi Bears, to forge a > replica finger. The attack worked against a bunch of scanners that > detect electrical charges within the human body, since gelatin has > virtually the same capacitance > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitance) as a finger's skin." > Found on > Slashdot.org > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > End of NetBehaviour Digest, Vol 726, Issue 1 > ******************************************** > > > > > -- > > //////////////////////////////// > ////// johnwild.info <http://johnwild.info> ////// > //////////////////////////////// > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
