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Title: BYO finger prints
Post by: missioncontrol on May 17, 2005, 12:02:49 pm
http://www.ccc.de/biometrie/fingerabdruck_kopieren.xml?language=en
Title: Re: BYO finger prints
Post by: GGKoul on May 17, 2005, 01:22:10 pm
Quote from: missioncontrol on May 17, 2005, 12:02:49 pm
http://www.ccc.de/biometrie/fingerabdruck_kopieren.xml?language=en

I have to remember this site when I want to frame someone...  :police:
Title: Re: BYO finger prints
Post by: Crazy Cooter on May 17, 2005, 01:36:42 pm
OMFG!!

Minneapolis is "beta-testing" this deal where you buy stuff by using your fingerprint.  It's at the grocery stores now (CUB Foods).  I'll have to ask if the store the girlie shops at has it (I haven't been to a grocery store in years).  The way I understand it is that you need a 4-digit PIN and a fingerprint.  So... here's what a conman could do:

1- Watch over your shoulder and get your PIN.  People aren't going to be as protective of it since you also use your fingerprint...
2- Ask you to hold something for them real quick while they tie shoe/attend kid/whatever.
3- Follow the directions on that site.

Presto!  Free groceries.

I knew this wasn't a good idea.  I watched "Gone in 60 Seconds" and knew it was possible.  Now it's going to be like dropping your ATM card everytime you touch something.
Title: Re: BYO finger prints
Post by: missioncontrol on May 17, 2005, 02:21:26 pm
Crazy Cooter:

More info on the Cub Foods "beta testing"

http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/5407150.html
Title: Re: BYO finger prints
Post by: quarterback on May 17, 2005, 02:25:37 pm
Quote from: missioncontrol on May 17, 2005, 02:21:26 pm
More info on the Cub Foods "beta testing"
http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/5407150.html

From that page:

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The store then scans a customer's finger five times to create a set of "data points."

Belisle is quick to note the data points are not actual fingerprints but rather heat settings unique to each person.

"That's why it is so secure," she said. The data points "cannot be captured or engineered into fingerprints."
Wierd.....
Title: Re: BYO finger prints
Post by: Crazy Cooter on May 17, 2005, 03:29:39 pm
So it's easier to just rob the place with a fake set of prints you lifted at the bar the night before than it is to nab some groceries... and people say I'm crazy.

Whatever happened to cash anyhow?  After all, you're standing there looking at the person.;)
Title: Re: BYO finger prints
Post by: danny_galaga on May 17, 2005, 09:07:25 pm
Quote from: Crazy Cooter on May 17, 2005, 01:36:42 pm
OMFG!!



3- Follow the directions on that site.


or cut off his finger. thats what hoodlums are more likely to do  ;). i mean, when a car thief steals a car, its much easier to just smash a window than to carefully pick the lock or slip something past the window rubber...