Showing the peace sign for photographs may lead to your fingerprint being stolen
Posted on: 24/Jan/2017 10:03:19 AM
Research by a team at Japan’s National Institute of Informatics, NII, says that raising your fingers in the peace sign while posing for photographs may result in stealing fingerprints.
Fingerprint recognition technology is becoming widely available to verify identities, such as when logging on to smartphones, tablets and laptop computers.
Say the researchers, We were able to copy fingerprints based on photos taken by a digital camera three metres (nine feet) away from the subject. Just by casually making a peace sign in front of a camera, fingerprints can become widely available. Fingerprint data can be recreated if fingerprints are in focus with strong lighting in a picture. Advanced technology was not necessary and anyone could easily copy fingerprints. But we have developed a transparent film containing titanium oxide that can be attached to fingers to hide their prints. The film prevents identity theft but does not interfere with fingerprints being effective in identity verification. But the technology would not be ready for another two years.
