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Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Yet another reason why biometrics are a REALLY bad idea.

Hackers publish thousands of copies of fingerprint of German Minister who promotes fingerprint biometrics - Boing Boing:
"Hackers from the Chaos Computer Club lifted a fingerprint from German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schauble, printed it on plastic, and distributed it by the thousands with their magazine for anyone who wants to impersonate the Minister at a biometric checkpoint. Remember folks: short of amputation, a biometric identifier can't be revoked or changed."

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