jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoIt’s never been easier for the cops to break into your phonewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1315arrow-down114cross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1301arrow-down1external-linkIt’s never been easier for the cops to break into your phonewww.theverge.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square90fedilinkcross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareXNX@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down15·4 months agoUsing a dead persons finger is not possible though
minus-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up19·4 months agoI don’t see why it wouldn’t be. It just checks that the shape of the fingerprint is there, it doesn’t check for a pulse or any sign of life. If you have a high-enough resolution image and printer, it’s actually rther trivial to bypass most optical fingerprint readers.
Using a dead persons finger is not possible though
I don’t see why it wouldn’t be. It just checks that the shape of the fingerprint is there, it doesn’t check for a pulse or any sign of life. If you have a high-enough resolution image and printer, it’s actually rther trivial to bypass most optical fingerprint readers.