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Sure, the high-end fingerprint scanners are reasonably good at this sort of liveness detection (eg. by detecting the pulse of blood flow or by inferring somethi
by gcr 13y ago
Sure, the high-end fingerprint scanners are reasonably good at this sort of liveness detection (eg. by detecting the pulse of blood flow or by inferring something about the 3D structure of the fingerprint so you can't just hold up a picture), but the cheap $20 scanners that many businesses use aren't going to be able to distinguish a real from a fake.
- DannoHung 13y agoMy girlfriend uses an app that lets her detect her heartrate by putting her finger in front of her camera while the light on the phone shines. I don't really see why whatever they're putting into the phone couldn't do something similar.
- bsimpson 13y agoInstant Heart Rate by Azumio: http://www.azumio.com/apps/heart-rate/index.html http://www.azumio.com/apps/heart-rate/index.html
- kalleboo 13y agoSo hold your finger behind a gel with the fake fingerprint. Mythbusters tested a bunch of fingerprint readers and they could break even a few of the ones with "life" detection.