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>"instead of saving a hash of the fingerprint (that can’t be reverse-engineered) they are saving people’s actual fingerprints that can be copied for malicious p
by cortic 7y ago
>"instead of saving a hash of the fingerprint (that can’t be reverse-engineered) they are saving people’s actual fingerprints that can be copied for malicious purposes."
ffs, so anyone who's watched myth-busters can literally re-create the fingerprints of millions of people to bypass security or plant evidence.. If there is any justice in the world, Suprema should be liquidated to compensate the millions of people who can no longer use their fingers as a security check.
- consp 7y ago>"instead of saving a hash of the fingerprint (that can’t be reverse-engineered) they are saving people’s actual fingerprints that can be copied for malicious purposes." It's almost impossible to use hashes for fingerprints with COTS scanners. You use templates which in most cases, if left in the open, can be used to reverse engineer and get a fingerprint to match that template. Though it does not have to be the original one.
- reallydontask 7y ago> You use templates which in most cases, if left in the open, can be used to reverse engineer and get a fingerprint to match that template. Though it does not have to be the original one. I was under the impression that with a template all you can do is use that template to authenticate on that system or other system that use the same schema. Could you elaborate? How you would go about it? Any links I can read up on?
- ozymandias12 7y ago>It's almost impossible to use hashes for fingerprints with COTS scanners No, really, any source on that?