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seveneyes

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23. They would only need a picture of your fingerprint
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 01:00 PM
Sep 2013

From something you clearly touched. Then print it out on a 3D Printer.

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Um, so to compromise it, you somehow have to get a hi-res image of someone's fingerprint frazzled Sep 2013 #1
Wouldn't be hard to clean it up and interpolate to 2400 if you wanted to. sir pball Sep 2013 #4
Coming soon to a high resolution 3D Printer seveneyes Sep 2013 #7
Riiiiiiiiight ... but how's anyone gonna get my fingerprint? frazzled Sep 2013 #12
Easy Gore1FL Sep 2013 #15
Try reading. frazzled Sep 2013 #18
try reading what? Gore1FL Sep 2013 #22
They would only need a picture of your fingerprint seveneyes Sep 2013 #23
The iPhone stores plenty of fingerprint data. obxhead Sep 2013 #30
Pretty much. apnu Sep 2013 #13
You only have to lift their print from somewhere else. Also super easy to do. TalkingDog Sep 2013 #16
Except social engineering and coercion. AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #2
Most don't even lock their phones Major Nikon Sep 2013 #6
Rubber-hose cryptanalysis.. sir pball Sep 2013 #8
OK, assuming you have access to a persons finger, or fingerprints, and apparently a 3D printer. denverbill Sep 2013 #3
Nope. AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #9
How many people etch circuit boards? denverbill Sep 2013 #14
Etching a circuit is a lot easier than you think. Don't sell yourself short. AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #17
Yeppers. n/t TalkingDog Sep 2013 #19
You make it sound like a 3D printer is still exotic uber-tech sir pball Sep 2013 #24
Didn't mean to imply that. denverbill Sep 2013 #26
Isn't it interesting... onyourleft Sep 2013 #5
'How to hack' is the first step in establishing whether the feature meets the sales hype or not. AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #10
Ahhh... to live without all that pesky wonder. TalkingDog Sep 2013 #20
geepers... given that a lost iPhone will be covered with owner's fingerprints tomm2thumbs Sep 2013 #11
with so many of the owner's fingerprints that you might have a heard time getting a clean one. olddad56 Sep 2013 #21
Probably piece one together, and I doubt it actually has to be perfect at 1200dpi sir pball Sep 2013 #25
If I am right handed IBEWVET Sep 2013 #27
Your fingerprint. Your phone. TM99 Sep 2013 #28
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