Wednesday, 29. November 2006

Hacking a Fingerprint

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In order to fake a fingerprint, one needs an original first. Latent fingerprints are nothing but fat and sweat on touched items. Thus to retrieve someone elses fingerprint (in this case the fingerprint you want to forge) one should rely on well tested forensic research methods. Which is what's to be explained here.

Simple instructions at CCC : How to fake fingerprints.

And don't miss this video:
MythBusters - Hacking a fingerprint scanner


Posted at 29.11.06 @ 13:46 | Category Knowledge & Science |