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-square92fedilinkarrow-up1327arrow-down116cross-posted to: gadgets@lemmit.onlinecybersecurity@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1311arrow-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-square92fedilinkcross-posted to: gadgets@lemmit.onlinecybersecurity@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squareXNX@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down16·4 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.
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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.