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Re:That Fingerprint Sensor on Your Phone Is Not as Safe as Y... by Neliquat on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @08:10AM (#14086900)
1. Fingerprint scanners have always had security issues.

2. They replicated nothing.

3. Why nyt?

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Re:That Fingerprint Sensor on Your Phone Is Not as Safe as Y... by jefhwite on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @02:16PM (#14090858)
I think the Master Print technique is an novel approach to biometric cracking — closer to the statistical techniques used to defeat passwords, right?
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