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>If you're already being personally targeted by an organization professional enough to follow you around, take a photo of your fingerprint on something you touc
by anonymfus 5y ago
>If you're already being personally targeted by an organization professional enough to follow you around, take a photo of your fingerprint on something you touched, then painstakingly reproduce said fingerprint through highly technical means and then gain physical access to your personal device that uses a fingerprint reader to use said fingerprint, you should be aware of your position and have multi-factor authentication set up for everything anyway.
But the whole point is that it's easier than you describe as people make photos with fingerprints themself accidentally, and technical means to reproduce fingerprints are not highly technical.
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- scottLobster 5y agoYou'd be surprised how low the bar is for "highly technical" among the general populace, particularly those inclined to steal used technology from targets of opportunity. How many people do you know who even own a laser printer, a subscription to photoshop and the skill to use it, and know what an "acetate sheet" is? The vast majority of people, if they have a printer at all, use cheap inkjets, they don't know how to use photoshop and don't care to learn, and they've never heard of acetate sheets. Could an enterprising criminal master this technique? Sure, but I'm not convinced it's reliable or lucrative enough to make the time/risk investment worth it for someone with that skill-set.